The West Indies

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_West_Indies

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:region
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkbp:climate	tropical
gptkbp:composedOf	gptkb:Greater_Antilles gptkb:Lesser_Antilles gptkb:Lucayan_Archipelago
gptkbp:currency	various (e.g., East Caribbean dollar, US dollar, Euro, etc.)
gptkbp:firstColonized	1492
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans	gptkb:Christopher_Columbus
gptkbp:hasSportsClub	gptkb:West_Indies_cricket_team
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:Denmark gptkb:France gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:Spain gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The West Indies
gptkbp:includesCountry	gptkb:Anguilla gptkb:Antigua_and_Barbuda gptkb:Aruba gptkb:Bahamas gptkb:Barbados gptkb:Bonaire gptkb:British_Virgin_Islands gptkb:Cayman_Islands gptkb:Cuba gptkb:Dominica gptkb:Dominican_Republic gptkb:Grenada gptkb:Guadeloupe gptkb:Haiti gptkb:Jamaica gptkb:Martinique gptkb:Montserrat gptkb:Puerto_Rico gptkb:Saba gptkb:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis gptkb:Saint_Lucia gptkb:Saint_Martin gptkb:Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon gptkb:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines gptkb:Sint_Eustatius gptkb:Sint_Maarten gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago gptkb:Turks_and_Caicos_Islands gptkb:US_Virgin_Islands gptkb:Curacao gptkb:Saint_Barthelemy
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:French gptkb:Spanish Dutch English
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity	agriculture fishing mining tourism
gptkbp:namedAfter	Indies
gptkbp:namedFor	European explorers
gptkbp:populationEstimate	over 40 million
gptkbp:timezone	UTC-5 to UTC-4
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:James_Montgomery
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6