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JACOB SANDLIN MAP

Featuring Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala

CUBA

Population: 11,477,459

Language(s): Spanish

Religion: nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria

Government Type: Communist State

Import: petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals

Export: sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee

Geographical Features: largest country in Caribbean and westernmost island of the Greater Antilles

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Population: 9,650,054

Language(s): Spanish

Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%

Government Type: Democratic Republic

Import: foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals

Export: ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods

Geographical Features: shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti

PUERTO RICO

Population: 3,966,213

Language(s): Spanish, English

Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%

Government Type: Commonwealth

Import: chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products

Export: chemicals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum, beverage concentrates, medical equipment

Geographical Features: important location along the Mona Passage - a key shipping lane to the Panama Canal; San Juan is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean; many small rivers and high central mountains ensure land is well watered; south coast relatively dry; fertile coastal plain belt in north

MEXICO

Population: 111,211,789

Language(s): Spanish, Mayan, Nahunta, and other languages

Religions: Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3% (Pentecostal 1.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 3.8%), other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1%

Government Type: Federal Republic

Import: metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts

Export: manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton

Geographical Features: strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico

EL SALVADOR

Population: 7,185,218

Language(s): Spanish, Nihau

Religion: Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8%

Government Type: Republic

Import: raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity

Export: offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity, iron and steel manufactures

Geographical Features: smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea

GUATEMALA

Population: 13,276,517

Language(s): Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40%

Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs

Government: Constitutional Democratic Republic

Import: fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity

Export: coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom

Geographical Features: no natural harbors on west coast