British Virgin Islands
The British Virgin Islands are a group of islands located in the northeast Carribean. They include Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke, Peter Island, Salt Island, Beef Island, Cooper Island, Ginger Island, Norman Island, and many other small islands all clustered around Sir Francis Drake Channel.
They are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
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| National motto: The Land, The People, The Light | ||||
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| Official language| | English | |||
| Political status | Non-sovereign, Overseas territory of the UK | |||
| Capital | Road Town | |||
| Governor | Tom Macan | |||
| Chief minister | Orlando Smith | |||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 176th 153 km² 1.6% | |||
| Population - Total (2002) - Density | Ranked 175th 21,730 260/km² | |||
| Currency | US dollar | |||
| Time zone | UTC -4 | |||
| National anthem | ||||
| Internet TLD | .VG | |||
| Calling Code | 1-284 | |||
From the CIA World Factbook.
- History of the British Virgin Islands
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Dependencies: Anguilla | Aruba | British Virgin Islands | Cayman Islands | Guadeloupe | Martinique | Montserrat | Navassa Island | Netherlands Antilles | Puerto Rico | Turks and Caicos Islands | U.S. Virgin Islands |
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| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Anguilla | Bermuda | British Antarctic Territory | British Indian Ocean Territory | British Virgin Islands | Cayman Islands | Falkland Islands | Gibraltar | Montserrat | Pitcairn Islands | Saint Helena (Ascension & Tristan da Cunha) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands | |
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| Antigua and Barbuda | The Bahamas¹ | Barbados | Belize | Dominica | Grenada | Guyana | Haiti | Jamaica | Montserrat | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Associate members: British Virgin Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Observer status: Anguilla | Aruba | Bermuda | Cayman Islands | Colombia | Dominican Republic | Mexico | Netherlands Antilles | Puerto Rico | Venezuela |
| ¹ A member of the community but not the common market. |
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