Canarreos Archipelago

Location of Canarreos Archipelago in Cuba

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). 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	Cayo Aguardiente	Aguardiente	Punta del Canto	6.50	0
2	Cayo Alacranes	Cayo Alcaranes	Cayo Redondo, Cayo Alcatraces, Cayo Campito, Cayo Canal Rica, Cayo La Rica, Cayo Botija	11.13	0
3	Cayo Alcatraz	Cayo Alcatraz		3.06	0
4	Cayo Avalos	Cayo Avalos		1.60	0
5	Cayo Bocas de Alonso	Cayo San Juan	Cayo Sur, Cayo Matitas, Cayo Palma, Cayo Coco, Cayo Rabihorcado, Cayo los Cayuelos	47.05	0
6	Cayo Campos	Playa de los Monos		12.00	2
7	Cayo Cantiles	East Point Station	Punta Los Muertos, Punta del Ingles, Punta el Captivo, Punta Ciprey	33.70	3
8	Cayo del Rosario	Playa Sirenas	Punta Mogote	22.00	0
9	Cayo Iguana	Cayo Iguana		1.67	1
10	Cayo Largo del Sur	Marina Largo	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	Cayo Rico	Rico Restaurant		1.10	0
12	Cayos de Dios	Cayo Inglés	Cayo de Dios, Cayo Trabuco, Cayo Guano, Cayo Arenoso	0.65	0
13	Cayos de la Manteca	Cayo Manteca	Cayo Grande, Cayo Norte Manteca	9.97	0
14	Cayos del Hambre	Cayo Hambre grande	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, Mac Kinley, Cuchilla Alta, Punta del Este, Sierra de Caballos, Sierra de Casas	2200.00	99970
16	Mangles Island	Playa Este	Playa Oeste	2.19	0
17	More Islands	Cayos los Indios	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.

References

^ "Cayo Largo del Sur: sand, sun, and healthy ecosystems" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-24. Retrieved 2010-11-09.

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[Islets350-1] "Cayo Largo del Sur: sand, sun, and healthy ecosystems" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-24. Retrieved 2010-11-09.

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List of Islands

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