Geography - Worldmark Encyclopedia Of The Nations - Americas

WORLDMARK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NATIONS AMERICAS ISSN 1531-1635 WORLDMARK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NATIONS Volume 3 AMERICAS Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, Eleventh Edition Timothy L. Gall, Editor in Chief Project Editor Mary Rose Bonk Permissions Margaret Chamberlain Product Design Cynthia Baldwin Editorial Jolen Marya Gedridge Imaging and Multimedia Christine O’Bryan, Kelly A. Quin Manufacturing Rhonda Williams © 2004 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. This publication is a creative work fully protected by all applicable copyright laws, as well as by misappropriation, trade, secret, unfair competition, and other applicable laws. The authors and editors of this work have added value to the underlying factual material herein through one or more of the following: unique and original selection, coordination, expression, arrangement, and classification of the information. Since this page cannot legibly accommodate all copyright notices, the acknowledgments constitute an extension of the copyright notice. Gale and Design™ and Thomson Learning™ are trademarks used herein under license. For more information, contact The Gale Group, Inc. 27500 Drake Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48331–3535 Or you can visit our Internet site at http://www.gale.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution, or information storage retrieval systems—without the written permission of the publisher. For permission to use material from this product, submit your request via Web at http:// www.gale-edit.com/permissions, or you may download our Permissions Request form and submit your request by fax or mail to: Permissions Department The Gale Group, Inc. 27500 Drake Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48331–3535 Permissions Hotline: 248–699–8006 or 800–877–4253, ext. 8006 Fax: 248–699–8074 or 800–762–4058 While every effort has been made to ensure the reliability of the information presented in this publication, The Gale Group, Inc., does not guarantee the accuracy of the data contained herein. The Gale Group, Inc., accepts no payment for listing; and inclusion in the publication of any organization, agency, institution, publication, service, or individual does not imply endorsement of the editors or publishers. Errors brought to the attention of the publisher and verified to the satisfaction of the publisher will be corrected in future editions. ISBN 0-7876-7330-7 (set) ISBN 0-7876-7331-5 (v.1) ISBN 0-7876-7332-3 (v.2) ISBN 0-7876-7333-1 (v.3) ISBN 0-7876-7334-X (v.4) ISBN 0-7876-7335-8 (v.5) ISBN 0-7876-7337-4 (World Leaders 2003) ISSN 1531-1635 (set) ISSN 1540-2533 (World Leaders 2003) This title is also available as an e-book ISBN 0-7876-7773-6 Contact your Gale sales representative for ordering information. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CONTENTS For Conversion Tables, Abbreviations and Acronyms, Glossaries, World Tables, Notes to the Tenth Edition, and other supplementary materials, see Volume 1. Guyana ..................................................................... 238 Haiti ......................................................................... 248 Honduras .................................................................. 260 Jamaica ..................................................................... 271 Mexico ..................................................................... 283 Netherlands American Dependencies ....................... 302 Nicaragua .......................................