The Cayman Islands are a self-governing British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba and northeast of Honduras, between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The islands are the peaks of an undersea mountain range called the Cayman Ridge. Their capital is George Town. Their combined land area across the three islands is about 264 square kilometres (102 square miles), and their 2025 estimated population was 90,577, concentrated mainly on Grand Cayman.
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Territory StatusBritish Overseas Territory 1 Cayman Islands
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for the Cayman Islands in the sport of freediving.
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is a British-Caymanian-American world champion freediver
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Cuban fig-eating bats are found across Cuba and neighbouring smaller islands, on Hispaniola (in Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and the Cayman Islands.
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It is found in the Greater Antilles (excluding Puerto Rico) in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica, as well as Mexico (from Sonora to Hidalgo) south to Guatemala.
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Capital: George Town
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90,577 (2025 estimate)
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The 264-square-kilometre (102-square-mile) territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located south of Cuba and north-east of Honduras, between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
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The Cayman Islands are a self-governing British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba and northeast of Honduras, between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The islands are the peaks of an undersea mountain range called the Cayman Ridge. Their capital is George Town.
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The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean. With a population of over 90,000, it is the most populated of all the British Overseas Territories.
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is a self-governing British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean
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The islands are in the western Caribbean Sea
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