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La Guaira

(Encyclopedia) La GuairaLa Guairalä gwīˈrä [key], city (1990 pop. 23,831), capital of Vargas state, N Venezuela, on the Caribbean Sea NW of Caracas. It is the principal international port of…

Manzanillo, city, Cuba

(Encyclopedia) ManzanilloManzanillomänsänēˈyō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 98,000), Granma prov., SE Cuba, a port on the Guacanayabo Gulf of the Caribbean Sea. A leading city on Cuba's southern coast…

Cumaná

(Encyclopedia) Cumaná Cumaná k&oomacr;mänäˈ [key], city, capital of Sucre state, NE Venezuela, on the Manzanares…

Santo Tomás de Castilla

(Encyclopedia) Santo Tomás de CastillaSanto Tomás de Castillasänˈtō tōmäs de kăstēyə [key], port, E Guatemala, on the Bay of Amatique, an area of the Caribbean Sea. The chief general cargo port of…

Belize City

(Encyclopedia) Belize City, capital (1993 est. pop. 47,724) of Belize dist., Belize, at the mouth of the Belize River, on the Caribbean Sea. The river flows c.180 mi (290 km) generally west and is…

Santa Cruz de Barahona

(Encyclopedia) Santa Cruz de BarahonaSanta Cruz de Barahonasänˈtä kr&oomacr;s [key]Santa Cruz de Barahonadā bäräōˈnä [key] or BarahonaBarahonabäräōˈnä [key], city (1993 pop. 61,600), SW…

Barranquilla

(Encyclopedia) Barranquilla Barranquilla bärängkēˈyä [key], city, capital of Atlántico dept., N Colombia, on the…

Santa Marta

(Encyclopedia) Santa MartaSanta Martasänˈtä märˈtä [key], city (1993 pop. 270,253), capital of Magdalena dept., N Colombia, a port on the Caribbean Sea. The city's banana industry, operated by the…

Irazú

(Encyclopedia) IrazúIrazúēräs&oomacr;ˈ [key], active volcano, c.11,260 ft (3,430 m) high, central Costa Rica, E of San José. A massive volcano, Irazú erupted in 1723, destroying Cartago, and…

Izabal

(Encyclopedia) IzabalIzabalēsäbälˈ [key], lake, c.30 mi (48 km) long and 15 mi (24 km) wide, E Guatemala, largest lake in the country. Known also as the Golfo Dulce, it drains to the Caribbean Sea…