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The Caribbean ___MASK85___ is a ___MASK85___ of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere . It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and south west , to the north by the Greater Antilles starting with Cuba , to the east by the Lesser Antilles , and to the south by the north coast of South America . An ___MASK58___ country is a country whose primary ___MASK17___ consists of one or more islands or parts of islands . As of 2011 , 46 ( approximately 24 %) of the 193 UN member states are ___MASK58___ countries . The Caribbean ( or ) is a ___MASK56___ that consists of the Caribbean ___MASK85___ , its islands ( some surrounded by the Caribbean ___MASK85___ and some bordering both the Caribbean ___MASK85___ and the North Atlantic Ocean ) and the surrounding coasts . The ___MASK56___ is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland , east of Central America , and north of South America . The Lesser Antilles ( also known as the Caribbees ) are a ___MASK63___ of islands in the Caribbean ___MASK85___ . Most form a long , partly volcanic island arc between the Greater Antilles to the north - west and the ___MASK23___ of South America . The islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean ___MASK85___ with the Atlantic Ocean . Together , the Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles compose the Antilles ( or the Caribbean in its narrowest definition ). When combined with the Lucayan Archipelago , all three are known as the West Indies . ___MASK39___ Lucia is a sovereign island country in the eastern Caribbean ___MASK85___ on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean . Part of the Lesser Antilles , it is located north / northeast of the island of ___MASK39___ Vincent , northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique . It covers a land area of 617 km ( 238 . 23 sq mi ) and reported a population of 165 , 595 in the 2010 census . Its capital is Castries . Balembouche ( also called " Balenbouche ") is the ___MASK66___ of an original 18th century sugar ___MASK10___ , now a guesthouse and heritage site , on the island of Saint Lucia It is located on the southern side , near Bongalo and Piaye . Castries , ___MASK52___ 20 , 000 , aggl . 53 , 639 , is the ___MASK51___ and largest ___MASK65___ of Saint Lucia , a country in the Caribbean . The quarter with the same name had a ___MASK52___ of 70 , 000 on 22 ___MASK40___ 2013 and stretches over an area of . Bongalo is a ___MASK76___ on the island of Saint Lucia ; it is located on the southern coast , near Balembouche and Piaye . Barbados ( or ) is a sovereign ___MASK58___ country in the Lesser Antilles , in the Americas . It is in length and up to in width , covering an area of . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean ___MASK85___ ; therein , it is about east of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and north - east of Trinidad and Tobago . Barbados is outside of the ___MASK61___ Atlantic hurricane belt . Its capital is Bridgetown . Barbados is Southeast of Miami . Piaye is a ___MASK5___ on the island of ___MASK39___ Lucia ; it is located on the southern ___MASK86___ , near Balembouche and Bongaloin the constituency of Choiseul , and shares its name with a nearby river . This ___MASK5___ started as a small ___MASK97___ of workers who laboured on the Balembouche ___MASK31___ . In the post - Balembouche period Piaye transformed into a ___MASK5___ of fishermen , subsistence farmers and producers of hand - crushed aggregate for the construction industry . Martinique is an insular ___MASK56___ of France located in the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean ___MASK85___ , with a land area of and a population of 385 , 551 inhabitants as of January 2013 . Like Guadeloupe , it is an overseas ___MASK56___ of France , consisting of a ___MASK100___ overseas department . One of the Windward Islands , it is directly north of Saint Lucia , southeast of Puerto Rico , northwest of Barbados , and south of Dominica .