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Overview of and topical guide to the British Virgin Islands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the British Virgin Islands:
British Virgin Islands (BVI) – British overseas territory located in the eastern portion of the Virgin Islands Archipelago in the Caribbean Sea.[1] The Virgin Islands are part of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles. The United States Virgin Islands comprises the western portion of the archipelago. Technically the name of the Territory is simply the "Virgin Islands", but in practice since 1917 they have been almost universally referred to as the "British Virgin Islands" to distinguish the islands from the American Territory.[2] To add to the regional confusion, the Puerto Rican islands of Culebra, Vieques and surrounding islands began referring to themselves as the "Spanish Virgin Islands" as part of a tourism drive in the early 2000s.
The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke, along with over fifty other smaller islands and cays. Approximately fifteen of the islands are inhabited. The largest island, Tortola, is approximately 20 km (approx. 12 mi) long and 5 km (approx. 3 mi) wide. The islands have a total population of about 22,000, of whom approximately 18,000 live on Tortola. Road Town, the capital, is situated on Tortola.
Geography of the British Virgin Islands
Regions of the British Virgin Islands
List of ecoregions in the British Virgin Islands
Administrative divisions of the British Virgin Islands
Provinces of the British Virgin Islands
Municipalities of the British Virgin Islands
Politics of the British Virgin Islands
Government of the British Virgin Islands
Court system of the British Virgin Islands
Foreign relations of the British Virgin Islands
The government of the British Virgin Islands is a member of:[1]
Law of the British Virgin Islands
Military of the British Virgin Islands
Local government in the British Virgin Islands
History of the British Virgin Islands
Culture of the British Virgin Islands
Among the noted names in Virgin Islands literature are Alphaeus Osario Norman (1885-1942), Verna Penn Moll, Jennie Wheatley, and Patricia G. Turnbull. Their poetry and that of 22 other writers, including the fastly emerging poet and literary critic Richard Georges, can be found in Where I See the Sun – Contemporary Poetry in The Virgin Islands (Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke), an anthology edited by Lasana M. Sekou in 2016.[4]
Economy of the British Virgin Islands
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