Travel - BAHAMAS

Location: West Indies – Official Name: Commonwealth of the Bahamas

– Formation:1973 – Capital: Nassau – Population: 308,000 – Total

Area: 5,382 Sq Miles – Languages: English, English Creole, French

Creole – Religions: Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%,

Church of God 6%, Methodist 6%, Other 17% - Ethnic Mix: Black African

85%, Other 15% - Government: Parliamentary Democracy – Currency:

Bahamian Dollar (100 Cents) – Literacy Rate: 95.7%

Travel - BARBADOS

Location: West Indies -  Official Name: Barbados -   Formation:  1966 -

Capital:  Bridgetown - Population:  268,000 - Total Area:  166 Sq Miles -

Languages: English, Bajan - Religions:  Anglican 40%, Other 24%, Non

Religious 17%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, Roman Catholic 4% -

Ethnic Mix:  Black African 90%, Other 10% - Government: 

Parliamentary Democracy - Currency:  Barbados Dollar (100 Cents) -

Literacy Rate:  98%

Travel - BELIZE

Location:  Central America - Official Name:  Belize - Formation: 

1981 - Capital:  Belmopan - Population:  200,000 - Total Area:  

8,867 Sq Miles - Languages: English, English Creole, Spanish,

Mayan, Garifuna - Religions:  Roman Catholic 62%, Anglican 12%,

Mennonite 4%, Methodist 6%, Other 16% - Ethnic Mix:  Mestizo

44%, Creole 30%, Maya 11%, Garifuna 7%, Asian Indian4%,

Other 4% - Government:  Parliamentary Democracy -  Currency: 

Belizean Dollar (100 Cents) - Literacy Rate:  93.2%

Travel - CANADA

Location: North America - Official Name: Canada Formation: 

1867 / 1949 - Capital:  Ottowa - Population:  31.4 Million - Total

Area:  3,851,788 Sq Miles - Languages: English, French, Chinese,

Italian, German, Ukranian, Inuktitut - Religions:  Roman Catholic

43%, Protestant 29%, Non Religious 16%, Other 12% - Ethnic Mix: 

British Origin 44%, French Origin 25%, Other European 20%, Other

11% - Government:  Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: 

Canadian Dollar (100 Cents) - Literacy Rate:  99% -

Travel - COASTA RICA

Location: Central America - Official Name:  Republic of Costa Rica -

Formation:  1838 - Capital:  San Jose - Population:  4.1 Million -

Total Area:  19,730 Sq Miles - Languages: Spanish, English Creole,

Bribri, Cabecar - Religions:  Roman Catholic 76%, Other (incl

Protestant) 24% - Ethnic Mix:  Mesitzo and European 96%, Black

2%, Indian 1%, Chinese 1% - Government:  Presidential Democracy -

Currency:  Costa Rican Colon (100 Centimes) - Literacy Rate:  95.6% -

Travel - CUBA

Location:  West Indies - Official Name:  Republic of Cuba - Formation: 

1902 - Capital:  Havana - Population:  11.2 Million - Total Area:  42,803

Sq Miles - Languages: Spanish, English, French, Chinese - Religions: 

Non Religious 49%, Roman Catholic 40%, Atheist 6%, Protestant 1%,

Other 1% - Ethnic Mix:  White 66%, European-African 22%, Black 12%

- Government:  One-party State - Currency:  Cuban Peso (100 Centavos)

- Literacy Rate:  96.7%

Travel - DOMINICA

Location: West Indies - Official Name:  Commonwealth of Dominica -

Formation:  1978 - Capital:  Roseau - Population:  73,000 - Total

Area:  291 Sq Miles - Languages: English, French Creole, Carib,

Cocoy - Religions:  Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15%, Other 8%

- Ethnic Mix:  Black 91%, Mixed 6%, Indian 2%, Other 1% -

Government:  Parliamentary Democracy - Currency:  East Caribbean

Dollar (100 Cents) - Literacy Rate:  94%

Travel - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Location:  West Indies - Official Name:  Dominican Republic -

Formation: 1865 - Capital:  Santo Domingo - Population: 8.5 Million

- Total Area:  18,815 Sq Miles - Languages: Spanish, French Creole

- Religions:  Roman Catholic 92%, Other & Non Religious 8% - Ethnic

Mix:  Mixed 75%, White 15%, Black 10% - Government:  Presidential

Democracy - Currency:  Dominican Republic Peso (100 Centavos) -

Literacy Rate:  83.6% -

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