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British Virgin Islands
| Country | British Virgin Islands |
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| Capital | name: Road Town
geographic coordinates: 18 27 N, 64 37 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
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| Population | 24,491 (July 2009 est.) |
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| GMT | -4 |
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| Location | Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico
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| Area | total: 153 sq km
land: 153 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the islands of Tortola, Anegada, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke |
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| Ethnic groups | black 83.4%, white 7%, mixed 5.4%, Indian 3.4%, other 0.8% (1991 census) |
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| Religions | Protestant 86% (Methodist 33%, Anglican 17%, Church of God 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 15%), Roman Catholic 10%, other 2%, none 2% (1991) |
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| Languages | English (official) |
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| Government type | NA |
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| National holiday | Territory Day, 1 July (1956) |
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| Constitution | 13 June 2007 |
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| Legal system | English law |
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| Background | First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1872-1960; they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency. |
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