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ISLAND DIRECTORY
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) [109]
(Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom)
LAND AREA: 259 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 32000 (1996)
DENSITY: 124 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 0%/year
ECONOMY
Income/Capita: $0
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
Plants:
21 endemic taxa
Invertebrates:
48 land snails, 30 endemic
Reptiles/amphibians:
19 endemic taxa
Birds:
181 species, 1 endemic species (extinct) and 16 endemic subspecies
Mammals:
8 bats
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
Natural Resources Laboratory, Cayman Islands Government, P.O. Box 486,
Grand
Cayman, British West Indies
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 01/02/98
Islands of Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)
Cayman Brac (United Kingdom - Cayman Islands)
Grand Cayman (United Kingdom - Cayman Islands)
Little Cayman (United Kingdom - Cayman Islands)
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