British Virgin Islands
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The British Virgin Islands is a British Overseas Territory and are part of the Virgin Islands, a chain of islands in the Caribbean. The islands comprise of the eastern half of the island chain. The British Virgin Islands has sixteen inhabited islands and more than twenty uninhabited islands. Over 22,000 people live there, which is fewer than the neighbouring United States Virgin Islands.
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Virgin Islands Overseas territory of the United Kingdom | |
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Motto: "Vigilate" (Latin) "Be Vigilant" | |
Anthem: God Save the Queen (official) Territorial song: Oh, Beautiful Virgin Islands (official) | |
Capital and largest city | Road Town 18°25.883′N 64°37.383′W |
Official languages | English |
Ethnic groups |
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Demonym(s) | British Virgin Islander |
Government | British Overseas Territoryc |
• Monarch | Charles III |
• Governor | William Boyd McCleary |
• Deputy Governor | Vivian Inez Archibald |
• Premier | Orlando Smith |
• Responsible Ministerd (UK) | Mark Simmonds MP |
Legislature | House of Assembly |
British Overseas Territory | |
• Separate | 1960 |
• Autonomous territory | 1967 |
Area | |
• Total | 153 km2 (59 sq mi) (216th) |
• Water (%) | 1.6 |
Population | |
• 2012 estimate | 27,800[1] |
• 2005 census | 27,000[2] (212th) |
• Density | 260/km2 (673.4/sq mi) (68th) |
GDP (PPP) | estimate |
• Total | $853.4 million[3] |
• Per capita | $43,366 |
Currency | United States dollar (USD) |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
UTC-4 (not observed) | |
Driving side | left |
Calling code | +1-284 |
ISO 3166 code | VG |
Internet TLD | .vg |
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The capital city, Road Town, is on Tortola, one of the islands in the group. Most of the people live on Tortola, but the other main inhabited islands include Anegada, Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke.