British Virgin Islands

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The British Virgin Islands 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.

British Virgin Islands

Flag of the British Virgin Islands

(In Detail)

National motto:
The Land, The People, The Light

Image:LocationBritishVirginIslands.png

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

Map of Britsh Virgin Islands

From the CIA World Factbook 2000. Not Wikified.

West Indies

Dependencies

Overseas territories of the United Kingdom
Anguilla \| Bermuda \| British Antarctic Territory \| British Indian Ocean Territory \| British Virgin Islands \| Cayman Islands \| Falkland Islands \| Gibraltar \| Montserrat \| Pitcairn Islands \| Saint Helena \| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands \| Turks and Caicos Islands
Sovereign Base Areas

Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom)
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