British Virgin Islands

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The British Virgin Islands are a group of over 50 islands and Cays located in the northeast Caribbean. They include Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke, Great Camanoe, Guana Island, 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. The United Nations Committee on Decolonization lists the British Virgin Islands as one of the 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories of the world since 1945.^[1]

British Virgin Islands


(In Detail)

National motto:
The Land, The People, The Light

Official language|

English

Political status

Non-sovereign, Overseas territory of the UK

Area
- Total
- % water

Ranked 176th
153 km²
1.6%

Population
- Total (2002)
- Density

Ranked 175th
21,730
260/km²

UTC -4

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1–284

From the CIA World Factbook.

Maps of The British Virgin Islands from Caribbean-On-Line.com

Reference

⇧ "Non-Self-Governing Territories listed by General Assembly in 2002." United Nations Special Committee of 24 on Decolonization. Accessed on March 10, 2005.

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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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Associate members: Anguilla \| Bermuda \| Cayman Islands \| British Virgin Islands \| Turks and Caicos Islands
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¹ member of the community but not the Caribbean (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy.

Overseas territories of the United Kingdom
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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