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    Posted 22 Nov 2024

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    Antigua and Barbuda (capital: St.John’s)

    The Prime Minister met with the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda on the sidelines of the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit in Georgetown, Guyana.

    Political features

    • Antigua and Barbuda is a Caribbean Island is situated in the lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
    • Maritime boundary: Anguilla (United Kingdom) & Saint Barthélemy (France) to northwest, the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis to west, Montserrat (United Kingdom) southwest, and Guadeloupe (France) to the southeast.

    Geographical features 

    • Antigua’s coastline is intricate, with bays and headlands fringed with reefs and shoals.
    • Highest Peak: Mount Obama.

    About Caribbean islands (also known as the West Indies)

    • Located in the Atlantic Ocean, south-east of Florida, east of Central America, and north of South America.
    • The Caribbean contains the islands of the Greater Antilles in the north-west as well as the Lesser Antilles islands in the south-east. 

     

     

     

    • Tags :
    • India-Caribbean
    • India-CARICOM
    • Antigua and Barbuda
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