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Capital: The Valley
Type of Government: NA-
Administrative Divisions: none (overseas territory of the UK)
Age Structure: 0-14 years: 23.2% (male 1,561/female 1,517)
Agriculture: small quantities of tobacco, vegetables; cattle raising
Airports: 3 (2004 est.)-
With Paved Runways: -
With Unpaved Runways:
Area: total: 102 sq km. about half the size of Washington, DC
Background: Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla was administered by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when the island - against the wishes of the inhabitants - was incorporated into a single British dependency, along with Saint Kitts and Nevis. Several attempts at separation failed. In 1971, two years after a revolt, Anguilla was finally allowed to secede; this arrangement was formally recognized in 1980, with Anguilla becoming a separate British dependency.
Birth rate: 14.26 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Budget: revenues: $22.8 million
Coastline: 61 km-
Climate: tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds
Communications:
Constitution: Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982; amended 1990
Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)-
Current account balance:
Death rate: 5.43 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Debt - external: $8.8 million (1998)
Dependency status: overseas territory of the UK-
Dependent areas:
Diplomatic representation from the US: none (overseas territory of the UK)
Diplomatic representation in the US: none (overseas territory of the UK)
Disputes - international: none-
Distribution of family income: -
Economic aid - donor:
Economic aid - recipient: $9 million (2004 est.)
Economy - overview: Anguilla has few natural resources, and the economy depends heavily on luxury tourism, offshore banking, lobster fishing, and remittances from emigrants. Increased activity in the tourism industry, which has spurred the growth of the construction sector, has contributed to economic growth. Anguillan officials have put substantial effort into developing the offshore financial sector, which is small, but growing. In the medium term, prospects for the economy will depend largely on the tourism sector and, therefore, on revived income growth in the industrialized nations as well as on favorable weather conditions.
Electricity - consumption:
Electricity - exports:
Electricity - imports:
Electricity - production:
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
Environment - current issues: supplies of potable water sometimes cannot meet increasing demand largely because of poor distribution system-
Environment - International Agreements:
Ethnic groups: black (predominant) 90.1%, mixed, mulatto 4.6%, white 3.7%, other 1.6% (2001 Census)
Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - NA (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7 (2001)
Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Alan Eden HUCKLE (since 28 May 2004)
Exports: $2.6 million (1999)
Exports - partners: UK, US, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin (2004)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
Flag description: blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Anguillan coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dolphins in an interlocking circular design on a white background with blue wavy water below
GDP (official exchange rate): NA
GDP (purchasing power parity): $112 million (2002 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 4%
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $7,500 (2002 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 2.8% (2001 est.)
Geographic coordinates: 18 15 N, 63 10 W
Geography - note: the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles-
Government - note:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA-
Heliports:
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA-
Illicit drugs:
Imports: $80.9 million (1999)
Imports - partners: US, Puerto Rico, UK (2004)
Independence: none (overseas territory of the UK)
Industrial production growth rate: 3.1% (1997 est.)
Industries: tourism, boat building, offshore financial services
Infant mortality rate: total: 21.03 deaths/1,000 live births
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.30%
International organization participation: Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS (associate), UPU
Internet country code: .ai-
Internet hosts:
Internet users: 3,000 (2002)-
Investment (gross fixed):
Irrigated land: NA
Judicial branch: High Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court)
Labor force: 6,049 (2001)
Labor force - by occupation:
Land boundaries: 0 km
Land use: arable land: 0%
Languages: English (official)
Legal system: based on English common law
Legislative branch:
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.11 years
Literacy: definition: age 12 and over can read and write
Location: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico-
Major infectious diseases: -
Manpower available for military service: -
Manpower fit for military service: -
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 3 nm
Median age: total: 30.76 years-
Merchant marine: -
Military - note: -
Military branches: -
Military expenditures - dollar figure: -
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: -
Military service age and obligation:
National holiday: Anguilla Day, 30 May
Nationality: noun: Anguillan(s)-
Natural gas - consumption: -
Natural gas - exports: -
Natural gas - imports:
Natural gas - production: -
Natural gas - proved reserves:
Natural hazards: frequent hurricanes and other tropical storms (July to October)
Natural resources: salt, fish, lobster
Net migration rate: 8.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)-
Oil - consumption: -
Oil - exports: -
Oil - imports: -
Oil - production: -
Oil - proved reserves: -
People - note: -
Political parties and leaders: Anguilla United Movement or AUM [Hubert HUGHES]; The Anguilla United Front or AUF [Osbourne FLEMING, Victor BANKS], a coalition of the Anguilla Democratic Party or ADP and the Anguilla National Alliance or ANA; Anguilla Progressive Party or APP [Roy ROGERS]; Anguilla Strategic Alternative or ANSA [Edison BAIRD]
Political pressure groups and leaders: NA
Population: 13,254 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line: 23% (2002)
Population growth rate: 1.77% (2005 est.)-
Ports and terminals: -
Public debt:
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2004)-
Railways: -
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
Religions: Anglican 29%, Methodist 23.9%, other Protestant 30.2%, Roman Catholic 5.7%, other Christian 1.7%, other 5.2%, none or unspecified 4.3% (2001 Census)-
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
Roadways: total: 105 km
Sex ratio:
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Telephone system: general assessment: NA
Telephones - main lines in use: 6,200 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 1,800 (2002)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
Terrain: flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone
Total fertility rate: 1.73 children born/woman (2005 est.)-
Transportation - note:
Unemployment rate: 8% (2002)-
Waterways: