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Anguilla

Anguilla
Motto: "Unity, Strength and Endurance"
Anthem: 
Location of  Anguilla  (circled in red)
Location of  Anguilla  (circled in red)
Location of Anguilla
StatusBritish Overseas Territory
Capital
and largest city
The Valley
Official languagesEnglish
Ethnic groups
([1])
Religion
90.3 % Christian
9.7 % Others
Demonym(s)Anguillian
GovernmentParliamentary dependency under a constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Charles III
• Governor
Tim Foy
• Deputy Governor
Perin A. Bradley
Victor Banks
• Responsible Ministerb (UK)
Alan Duncan MP
LegislatureHouse of Assembly
Establishment
1980
Area
• Total
91 km2 (35 sq mi) (unranked)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 2021 estimate
15,753[2][3]
• 2011 census
13,452
• Density
132/km2 (341.9/sq mi) (n/a)
GDP (PPP)2014 estimate
• Total
$311 million[4]
• Per capita
$29,493.3
CurrencyEast Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Time zoneUTC-4
Driving sideleft
Calling code+1-264
ISO 3166 codeAI
Internet TLD.ai
  1. "National Song of Anguilla". Official Website of the Government of Anguilla. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  2. For the Overseas Territories.

    UK Postcode: AI-2640

Anguilla is a group of five islands in the Caribbean Sea. The islands are ruled by the United Kingdom.

Anguilla was colonized by the British Empire and used to be part of what is now Saint Kitts and Nevis, but broke away in 1980 so it could stay part of Great Britain. Saint Kitts and Nevis wanted to be independent.

It is named after the Spanish word for "eel", because it has such a shape.

Anguilla was first settled by Arawakan-speaking Indians who called it Malliouhana.

Politics

The King or Queen of the United Kingdom is the ruler of Anguilla, but she works through a governor. He or she names, or appoints the governor, and he is just working there in place of the monarch. The legislature is elected by the people, has 11 members, and is called the House of Assembly.

Economy

Anguilla has mostly been part of the British Empire since the 17th century. The British brought thousands of slaves from Africa and forced them to work, like they did all over the Caribbean and North America. Many of the slaves decided to run away rather than be forced to work.[5] When the British decided to abolish slavery they paid all the slave owners a lot of money,[6] but didn't give anything to the slaves. Now Anguilla gets most of its money from fishing and tourism.

Culture

Most people in Anguilla are Protestants, and speak English.

References

  1. ↑ "Central America :: Anguilla — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". The World Factbook. Archived from the original on 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  2. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  3. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "UN Data". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Gaspar, David Barry (1993). Bondmen and rebels : a study of master-slave relations in Antigua. Internet Archive. Durham : Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-1336-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  6. ↑ House of Commons (1838-03-16). Accounts of slave compensation claims; for the colonies of Jamaica. Antigua. Honduras. St. Christopher's. Grenada. Dominica. Nevis. Virgin Islands. St. Lucia. British Guiana. Montserrat. Bermuda. Bahamas. Tobago. St. Vincent's. Trinidad. Barbadoes. Mauritius. Cape of Good Hope. pp. 93–94, 312.

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