Central America

Saint Barthélem Island boasts of having Gustavia as it is main town. Situated in Puerto Rico coast in Guadeloupe, the town was actually named after the well known king of Sweden, Gustav II. Initially, St. Barts was a French overseas territory.

The Central America country of Guatemala has Guatemala City as its national, administrative and economic capital. The city gained its capital statues in 1773 after a devastating earthquake completely destroyed the then capital, Antigua Guatemala.

Turks and Caicos Islands have Cockburn town as their capital town with a population of slightly 3700 people only. The town is actually located at Grand Turk Island is the largest and most popular Island in Turks Islands archipelago.

Located in French Guiana, Cayenne is a large city which also serves as the country’s capital. The city is situated at the crossroad of Europe and South America and for this fact, French Guiana is popularly known as the only region where inhabitants speak English language in South America.

Castries traces its history in 1650 when the French found what was then to become the administrative capital of Saint Lucia. Castries is actually not a huge as such and its population is approximated to be about 11, 000.

Sint Maarten is shared between the French and the Dutch. Compared to Saint Martin, Sint Maarten is quite small and it has its capital at Philipsburg. The island is recognized as an independent state but it is still within Netherlands kingdom.

Saint Martin Island is on the Caribbean and it is just a small land mass. It has its capital city as Philipsburg which is used as a docking port for most of the ships. The other cities are Marigot ad Grand Case city that is notable for its rather excellent restaurants and tourist facilities.

Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba islands are in Caribbean in the eastern side of Central America and border Venezuela to the northern sides. These islands are administered as special municipalities but are integrated fully in Netherlands.

Nicaragua boasts of having Managua not just the largest city in the country but also its capital city. Currently, Managua has a population of about 1.8 million people, largely dominated by the whites and mestizos. As such, Managua ranks second when it comes to the most populous Central American cities after the city of Guatemala.

Bridgetown boasts as the sole city in the Caribbean island of Barbados which also serves as its capital. Since there is no other city on this Island, most of the residents in Barbados actually call Bridgetown home and it is still the liveliest part of the island.

While every destination is unique to tourists in some way, some of them like Belmopan in Belize have just a handful of attractions and activities that can’t assure a worthwhile visit. However, there are still some visitors that view such shortages of attractions as their pulling factors for travel.

Saint Kitts and Nevis have their capital at Basseterre. Getting in to the city is facilitated by the Robert L Bradshaw International Airport which is actually the main airport in the area. Visiting cruise ships in Basseterre are common and ferry foreigner visitors into the city from other parts of the world.