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Leeward Islands (Caribbean)

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Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Caribbean located in the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies and the easternmost island of the Caribbean region. It lies on the boundary of the South American and Caribbean plates. Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an overseas department and region of the French Republic in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and two Îles des Saintes—as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. It is south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat and north of Dominica. The capital city is Basse-Terre, on the southern west coast of Basse-Terre Island; the most populous city is Les Abymes and the main centre of business is neighbouring Pointe-à-Pitre, both on Grande-Terre Island. It had a population of 395,726 in 2024.
Anguilla
Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territory consists of the main island of Anguilla, approximately long by wide at its widest point, together with a number of much smaller islands and cays with no permanent population. The territory's capital is The Valley. The total land area of the territory is , with a population of approximately in .
Netherlands Antilles
former country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Saint Barthélemy
overseas collectivity of France, island of the Little Antilles
Saba
island in the Caribbean, part of the Netherlands
Sint Eustatius
island in the Caribbean, part of the Netherlands
Saint Martin
French and Dutch island in the Lesser Antilles
Caribbean Netherlands
grouping of the Caribbean islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, part of the Netherlands
Virgin Islands
island group of the Caribbean Leeward Islands
Leeward Islands
subgroup of islands in the Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea
SSS islands
group of islands of the Dutch Caribbean
British Leeward Islands
former British colony (1671–1816), reunited later as a federal colony (1833–1960), located in the Caribbean
Windward Antilles
group of islands in the Lesser Antilles and bordering the East of the Caribbean sea, subdivided in the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands (according to their English definition)
geography of Aruba