Provinces
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Jamaica
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica
Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Grenada
Montserrat
Cayman Islands Turks&Caicos Saint Christopher-Nevis Anguilla |
| Flag | Province | Capital | Population | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | 57,000 | 440 | |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | 234,000 | 431 | |
| Cayman Islands | George Town | 9,000 | 264 | |
| Dominica | Roseau | 61,000 | 750 | |
| Grenada | St. George's | 91,000 | 344 | |
| Jamaica | Kingston | 1,660,000 | 10,991 | |
| Montserrat | Plymouth | 13,000 | 102 | |
| Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla | Basseterre | 55,600 | 351 | |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | 95,000 | 616 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 83,000 | 389 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain | 900,000 | 5,131 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Cockburn Town | 6,000 | 430 | |
| Federation of the West Indies | Chaguaramas | 3,264,600 | 20,239 km2 |
Historically "West Indian" nations The Bahamas, Bermuda, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, and Guyana opted not to join because they believed that their future lay with association with North America (for both the Bahamas and Bermuda), Central America, and the United States Virgin Islands. Guyana opted not to join at that time due to its ongoing political and internal struggles for independence from the UK, started in the 1950s. At issue were the newly formed political party with socialist leanings, at the height of the cold war. It had hoped to join the federation once the issues were resolved. The Bahamas did participate in the 1960 West Indies Federation Games, with a future prime minister of the Bahamas, Perry Christie, as an athlete. There was however possible interest by Guyana in a very loose re-attempted Caribbean Federation around 1971.
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