Cayman Islands

 




The Cayman Islands (in English, Cayman Island) are a British overseas territory dependent on the United Kingdom and located northwest of Jamaica, between the island of Cuba and the coast of Honduras, in the waters of the Caribbean Sea. It is one of seventeen Non-Self-Governing Territories under the supervision of the United Nations Decolonization Committee, in order to eliminate colonialism. They were colonized by British explorers between the 18th and 19th centuries and began to be administered by the government of Jamaica from 1863. When Jamaica achieved its independence in 1962, the Cayman Islands came under the administration of the British Empire.

The Cayman Islands were discovered by Christopher Columbus on May 10, 1503, during his fourth voyage to America. In 1586 the privateer Francis Drake landed on the islands, being the first Englishman on record that he visited them, and he baptized them as the Cayman Islands. The islands, along with nearby Jamaica, were occupied by England during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1655-1660; Spain officially recognized English sovereignty over them through the Madrid Treaty of 1670. Together with Jamaica they were ruled as a single colony until 1962 when they became a British overseas territory while Jamaica obtained its independence (within the British Commonwealth of Nations ).


In 1794, ten ships returning to Great Britain from Jamaica were shipwrecked off the main island and were welcomed by the natives. For this action, King George III of the United Kingdom exempted the colony from paying tribute, a situation that continues to date.

The official language of the Cayman Islands is English. The islanders' accents retain elements passed down by English, Scottish, and Welsh settlers (among others) in a linguistic variety known as Cayman Islands Creole. Caymans of Jamaican origin speak their own vernacular (see Jamaican Creole and Jamaican English). It is also quite common to hear some residents converse in Spanish, as many citizens have relocated from Latin America to work and live in Grand Cayman. The Latin American nations with the highest representation are Honduras, Cuba, Colombia, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Spanish speakers make up approximately 10-12% of the population and are predominantly of the Caribbean dialect. Tagalog is spoken by around 5% of the inhabitants, most of whom are Filipino residents with work permits.

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