Breetish Virgin Islands
Coordinates: 18°30′N 64°30′W / 18.500°N 64.500°W
Virgin Islands | |
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Anthem: "God Save the Queen" Territorial sang: "Oh, Beautiful Virgin Islands" | |
![]() Location o Breetish Virgin Islands (circled in red) in the Caribbean (light yellow) | |
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Status | Breetish Owerseas Territory |
Caipital | Road Town 18°25.883′N 64°37.383′W / 18.431383°N 64.623050°W |
Lairgest ceety | capital |
Offeecial leids | Inglis |
Ethnic groups |
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Demonym(s) | Virgin Islander |
Govrenment | Parliamentary dependency unner constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Elizabeth II |
• Governor | John Duncan |
V. Inez Archibald | |
• Premier | Orlando Smith |
• Responsible Meenisterb (UK) | James Duddridge MP |
Legislatur | Hoose o Assembly |
Established as a dependency o the Unitit Kinrick | |
• Separate | 1960 |
• Autonomy | 1967 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 153 km2 (59 sq mi) (216t) |
• Water (%) | 1.6 |
Population | |
• 2010 census | 28,054[1] (212t) |
• Density | 260/km2 (673.4/sq mi) (68t) |
GDP (PPP) | estimate |
• Total | $853.4 million[2] |
• Per capita | $43,366 |
Currency | Unitit States dollar (USD) |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
Drivin side | left |
Cawin code | +1-284 |
ISO 3166 code | VG |
Internet TLD | .vg |
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The Breetish Virgin Islands (BVI), offeecially the Virgin Islands,[3] is a Breetish owerseas territory locatit in the Caribbean tae the east o Puerto Rico.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ The BVI Beacon "Portrait of a population: 2010 Census published" pg. 4, 20 November 2014
- ↑ "The World Factbook". cia.gov. Archived frae the original on 13 Februar 2016. Retrieved 19 Juin 2016.
- ↑ Accordin tae the Virgin Islands Constitution Order, 2007, the territory's offeecial name is simply 'Virgin Islands'.
Categeries:
- Breetish Virgin Islands
- Breetish Owerseas Territories
- Caribbean territories or dependencies
- Virgin Islands
- Leeward Islands (Caribbean)
- Lesser Antilles
- Inglis-speakin kintras an territories
- Umwhile Dutch colonies
- Island kintras
- Smaw Island Developin States
- Special territories o the European Union
- States an territories established in 1672
- 1672 establishments in the Breetish Empire
- 1672 establishments in North Americae
- Kintras in the Caribbean