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Capital cities in the Caribbean

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Havana
Havana (, ; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. It is the most populous city, the largest by area, and the second-largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The population in 2021 was inhabitants, and its area is for the capital city and 8,475.57 km2 for the metropolitan zone. Its official population was 1,749,964 inhabitants in 2024.
Kingston
capital of Jamaica
Port-au-Prince
thumb|City of Port-au-Prince as viewed by NASA thumb|300px|Map of Hispaniola and [[Puerto Rico, .]]
Santo Domingo
capital of the Dominican Republic
Bridgetown
Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town". As of 2014, its metropolitan population stands at roughly 110,000.
Nassau
capital and largest city of the Bahamas
Port of Spain
capital of Trinidad and Tobago
St. John's
largest city of Antigua and Barbuda
Castries
thumb|Castries, Saint Lucia Castries () is the capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous district has a population of just under 70,000, as of May 2013. The city covers .
St. George's
capital of Grenada
Roseau
Basseterre
Basseterre (; Saint Kitts Creole: Bastear) is the capital and largest city of Saint Kitts and Nevis with an estimated population of 14,000 in 2018. Geographically, the Basseterre port is located at , on the south-western coast of Saint Kitts Island, and it is one of the chief commercial depots of the Leeward Islands. The city lies within Saint George Basseterre Parish.
Kingstown
Kingstown is the capital and largest city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The city, located on the main island of Saint Vincent, has the main port and the biggest commercial center of the islands. With a population of 12,909 (2012), Kingstown is the most populous settlement in the country. It is the island's agricultural industry centre and a port of entry for tourists. The city lies within the parish of Saint George in the south-west corner of Saint Vincent.
San Juan
capital of Puerto Rico
Fort-de-France
Fort-de-France (, , ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. This city, which had 76,512 inhabitants in 2019, concentrates major administrative, military, and cultural functions. It is also a significant economic, commercial, and port hub within the Lesser Antilles archipelago. The urban unit—that is, the agglomeration in the statistical and morphological sense defined by INSEE—had 115,501 inhabitants in 2022. However, Fort-de-France lies at the heart of a conurbation of 165,500 inhabitants, which includes the ne
Oranjestad
Oranjestad ( , , ; literally "Orange City"), the capital and most populous of Aruba's eight regions, is located on the southwestern coast of the island. In Papiamento, the local language, Oranjestad is commonly referred to as "Playa" by the locals.
Basse-Terre
Basse-Terre (, ; ; ) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the prefecture (capital city) of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe.
Willemstad
Willemstad ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to that entity's dissolution in 2010. The city counts to have around 90% of Curaçao's population, with 136,660 inhabitants as of 2011. The historic centre of the city consists of four quarters: the Punda and Otrobanda, which are separated by the Sint Anna Bay, an inlet that leads into the large natural harbour called the Schottegat, as well as the Scharloo and Pietermaai Smal
Hamilton
capital of Bermuda
Charlotte Amalie
capital and largest city of the United States Virgin Islands
Cockburn Town
capital of the Turks and Caicos Islands
George Town
capital and largest city of the Cayman Islands
The Valley
capital of the island of Anguilla
Road Town
capital of the British Virgin Islands
Plymouth
de jure capital of Montserrat, West Indies, now a ghost town
Gustavia
Gustavia (, , ) is the main town and capital of the island of Saint Barthélemy. Originally called Le Carénage, it was renamed in honor of King Gustav III of Sweden.
Philipsburg
capital city of Sint Maarten
Marigot
capital of the French Collectivity of Saint Martin
Kralendijk
Kralendijk () is the capital and main port of the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. The language spoken in the town is Papiamentu, but Dutch and English are widely used. , the town had a population of 10,620. In Papiamentu, the town is often called Playa or "beach".
Brades
Brades (; also Brades Estate) is a town and the de facto capital of Montserrat since 1998 with an approximate population of 1,000.
Oranjestad
capital of Sint Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands
The Bottom
capital of Saba, the Caribbean Netherlands
Little Bay
locality in Montserrat