Canarreos Archipelago

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Canarreos Archipelago (Spanish: Archipiélago de los Canarreos) is an archipelago of Cuba.

It is located south of the main island of Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea, at

21°38′22″N 82°14′10″W / 21.6394444°N 82.2361111°W / 21.6394444; -82.2361111 (Canarreos Archipelago)Coordinates: 21°38′22″N 82°14′10″W / 21.6394444°N 82.2361111°W / 21.6394444; -82.2361111 (Canarreos Archipelago). It is bordered to the east by the Gulf of Cazones, to the north by the Gulf of Batabano and to the west by the Los Indios Channel.

It comprises roughly 350 islets, and is almost as long as the Florida Keys.^[1] By far the largest island of the archipelago is Isla de la Juventud, while the second largest is Cayo Largo del Sur.

List of Islands[]

Nr. 1)	Island	Capital	Other Cities	Area (km²)	Population (Census 2012 official)
1		Aguardiente	Punta del Canto	6.50	0
2			, , , , ,	11.13	0
3				3.06	0
4				1.60	0
5			Cayo Sur, , , , ,	47.05	0
6				12.00	2
7			Punta Los Muertos, Punta del Ingles, Punta el Captivo, Punta Ciprey	33.70	3
8			Punta Mogote	22.00	0
9				1.67	1
10	Cayo Largo del Sur		Vilo Acuna, Las Piedras, Punta Gancho, Punta Mangle Prieto, Punta Iguanita, Punta del Este, Playa Tortuga, Playa los Cocos, Playa Blanca, Playa Lindamar, Playa Paraiso, Playa Sirena, Playa Luna	37.50	24
11		Rico Restaurant		1.10	0
12			Cayo de Dios, Cayo Trabuco, Cayo Guano, Cayo Arenoso	0.65	0
13			Cayo Grande, Cayo Norte Manteca	9.97	0
14			Cayo La Grifa, Cayo Hambre Chica, Cayo Segundo, Cayo Rabihorcado	4.76	0
15	Isla de la Juventud	Nueva Gerona	Santa Fe, La Demajagua (Santa Bárbara), Columbia, , Cuchilla Alta, Punta del Este, Sierra de Caballos,	2200.00	99970
16			Playa Oeste	2.19	0
17	More Islands		de san felipe, Tablones, del pasaje, Divisa, Perases, traviesa, Balandras, Guayabo, Triangulo, El Navio, Los Inglesitos, Quitasol	42.60	0
	Canarreos Archipelago	Nueva Gerona	Santa Fe	2438.00	100000

¹⁾ The Islands area and population data retrieved from the 2012 census.

See also[]

• Geography of Cuba
• List of Caribbean islands

References[]