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| 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. |
| Location: |
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean,
east of Puerto Rico |
| Geographic
coordinates: |
18 15 N, 63 10 W |
| Map
references: |
Central
America and the Caribbean |
| Area: |
total: 102 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land:
102 sq km |
| Area
- comparative: |
about half the size of Washington, DC |
| Land
boundaries: |
0 km |
| Coastline: |
61 km |
| Maritime
claims: |
exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea:
3 NM |
| Climate: |
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds |
| Terrain: |
flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone |
| Elevation
extremes: |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Crocus Hill 65 m |
| Natural
resources: |
salt, fish, lobster |
| Land
use: |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other:
100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial
salt ponds) (1998 est.) |
| Irrigated
land: |
NA sq km |
| Natural
hazards: |
frequent hurricanes and other tropical storms (July to October) |
| Environment
- current issues: |
supplies of potable water sometimes cannot meet increasing demand largely
because of poor distribution system |
| Geography
- note: |
the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles
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| Population: |
12,738 (July 2003 est.) |
| Age
structure: |
0-14 years: 24.3% (male 1,575; female 1,526)
15-64
years: 68.8% (male 4,504; female 4,262)
65 years and over:
6.8% (male 387; female 484) (2003 est.) |
| Median
age: |
total: 30 years
male: 30 years
female:
29.9 years (2002) |
| Population
growth rate: |
2.21% (2003 est.) |
| Birth
rate: |
14.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
| Death
rate: |
5.42 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
| Net
migration rate: |
12.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
| Sex
ratio: |
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population:
1.03 male(s)/female (2003 est.) |
| Infant
mortality rate: |
total: 22.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
15.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 29.84 deaths/1,000
live births |
| Life
expectancy at birth: |
total population: 76.7 years
male: 73.79 years
female: 79.7 years (2003 est.) |
| Total
fertility rate: |
1.76 children born/woman (2003 est.) |
| Nationality: |
noun: Anguillan(s)
adjective: Anguillan |
| Ethnic
groups: |
black (predominant), mulatto, white |
| Religions: |
Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman
Catholic 3%, other 12% |
| Languages: |
English (official) |
| Literacy: |
definition: age 12 and over can read and write
total
population: 95%
male: 95%
female: 95% (1984
est.)
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| 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. |
| GDP: |
purchasing power parity - $104 million (2001 est.) |
| GDP
- real growth rate: |
2.8% (2001 est.) |
| GDP
- per capita: |
purchasing power parity - $8,600 (2001 est.) |
| GDP
- composition by sector: |
agriculture: 4%
industry: 18%
services:
78% (1997 est.) |
| Population
below poverty line: |
NA% |
| Household
income or consumption by percentage share: |
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA% |
| Inflation
rate (consumer prices): |
2.3% |
| Labor
force: |
6,049 (2001) |
| Labor
force - by occupation: |
commerce 36%, services 29%, construction 18%, transportation and utilities
10%, manufacturing 3%, agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4% (2000
est,) |
| Unemployment
rate: |
6.7% (2001) |
| Budget: |
revenues: $22.8 million
expenditures: $22.5
million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.) |
| Industries: |
tourism, boat building, offshore financial services |
| Industrial
production growth rate: |
3.1% (1997 est.) |
| Electricity
- production: |
NA (2000) |
| Electricity
- production by source: |
fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
other:
NA%
nuclear: NA% |
| Electricity
- consumption: |
42.6 million kWh |
| Agriculture
- products: |
small quantities of tobacco, vegetables; cattle raising |
| Exports: |
$2.6 million (1999) |
| Exports
- commodities: |
lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum |
| Exports
- partners: |
UK, US, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin (2000) |
| Imports: |
$80.9 million (1999) |
| Imports
- commodities: |
fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles |
| Imports
- partners: |
US, Puerto Rico, UK (2000) |
| Debt
- external: |
$8.8 million (1998) |
| Economic
aid - recipient: |
$3.5 million (1995) |
| Currency: |
East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
| Currency
code: |
XCD |
| Exchange
rates: |
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)
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| Fiscal
year: |
1 April - 31 March
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