Cayman Island Cities with Hotels
Cayman Islands, dependency of Great Britain, in the West Indies, in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises three islands: Grand Cayman, located northwest of Jamaica, and Little Cayman and Cayman Brac, located about 130 km (about 80 mi) northeast of Grand Cayman.
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Cayman Islands
The islands are generally low-lying and of
coral formation. Tourism and international banking form the backbone of the
economy. Fishing, shipbuilding, turtle raising, and crop farming are locally
important. The leading exports include turtle shells, green turtles, lobster,
finfish, and fish for aquariums.
The capital is George Town, on Grand Cayman. Sighted in 1503
by Christopher Columbus, who named them Las Tortugas (Spanish for "the
turtles"), the Cayman Islands were colonized about 1734 by British settlers from
Jamaica. The islands remained a dependency of Jamaica until 1959, when they
became a self-governing member of the Federation of the West Indies. In 1962
they became a British dependency again. Area, about 262 sq km (about 101 sq mi);
population (1989) 25,253.
"Cayman Islands," Microsoft®
Encarta® 97 Encyclopedia.
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