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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.


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Location: Caribbean islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean east of Puerto Rico

Geographic coordinates: 18 15 N 63 10 W

Map reference: Central America and the Caribbean

Area
Total: 102 km²
Land: 102 km²
Water: 0 km²
Comparative: about half the size of Washington DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 61 km

Maritime claims
Territorial sea: 3 nm
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 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
Extremes 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) (2001)

Irrigated land: NA km²

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards: frequent hurricanes and other tropical storms (July to October)

Geography
Note: the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles


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Population: 13,008 (July 2004 est.)
Growth rate: 1.98% (2004 est.)
Below poverty line: NA

Nationality
Noun: Anguillan
Adjective: Anguillan

Ethnic groups: black (predominant) mulatto white

Languages: English (official)

Religions: Anglican 40% Methodist 33% Seventh-Day Adventist 7% Baptist 5% Roman Catholic 3% other 12%

Demographic profile

Age structure
0-14 years: 23.8% (male 1,569; female 1,523)
15-64 years: 69.4% (male 4,641; female 4,385)
65 years and over: 6.8% (male 396; female 494) (2004 est.)

Dependency ratios

Median age
Total: 30.4 years
Male: 30.4 years
Female: 30.3 years (2004 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.98% (2004 est.)

Birth rate: 14.45 births/1000 population (2004 est.)

Death rate: 5.46 deaths/1000 population (2004 est.)

Net migration rate: 10.76 migrant(s)/1000 population (2004 est.)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: supplies of potable water sometimes cannot meet increasing demand largely because of poor distribution system

Air pollutants

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.03 male/female
Under 15 years: 1.03 male/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male/female
Total population: 1.03 male/female (2004 est.)

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate
Total: 21.91 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 28.72 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 14.91 deaths/1000 live births (2004 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 76.9 years
Male: 73.99 years
Female: 79.91 years (2004 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.74 children born/woman (2004 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids
Adult prevalence rate: NA
People living with hivaids: NA
Deaths: NA

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy
Definition: age 12 and over can read and write
Total population: 95%
Male: 95%
Female: 95% (1984 est.)

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


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Country name
Conventional long form: none
Conventional short form: Anguilla

Government type: NA

Capital: The Valley

Administrative divisions: none (overseas territory of the UK)

Dependent areas

Independence: none (overseas territory of the UK)

National holiday: Anguilla Day 30 May

Constitution: Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982; amended 1990

Legal system: based on English common law

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch
Chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Alan Eden HUCKLE (since 28 May 2004)
Head of government: Chief Minister Osbourne FLEMING (since 3 March 2000)
Cabinet: Executive Council appointed by the governor from among the elected members of the House of Assembly
Elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed chief minister by the governor

Legislative branch
Elections: last held 3 March 2000 (next to be held NA June 2005)
Election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ANA 3, AUM 2, ADP 1, independent 1

Judicial branch: High Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court)

Political parties and leaders: Anguilla United Movement or AUM [Hubert HUGHES]; The United Front or UF [Osbourne FLEMING Victor BANKS] a coalition of the Anguilla Democratic Party or ADP and the Anguilla National Alliance or ANA; Anguilla Patriotic Movement or APM [Quincy GUMBS]; Movement for Grassroots Democracy or MFGD [Joyce KENTISH John BENJAMIN]

International organization participation: Caricom (associate) CDB Interpol (subbureau) OECS (associate) UPU

Diplomatic representation
In the us: none (overseas territory of the UK)
From the us: none (overseas territory of the UK)

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

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


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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.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: 2.8% (2001 est.)

Real gdp per capita: purchasing power parity - $8,600 (2001 est.)

Gross national saving

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 4%
Industry: 18%
Services: 78% (1997 est.)

Agriculture products: small quantities of tobacco vegetables; cattle raising

Industries: tourism boat building offshore financial services

Industrial production growth rate: 3.1% (1997 est.)

Labor force: 6,049 (2001)
By occupation agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining: 4%
By occupation manufacturing: 3%
By occupation construction: 18%
By occupation transportation and utilities: 10%
By occupation commerce: 36%
By occupation services: 29% (2000 est.)

Unemployment rate: 6.7% (2001)

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line: NA

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10: NA
Highest 10: NA

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget
Revenues: $22.8 million
Expenditures: $22.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

Inflation rate consumer prices: 2.3%

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $2.6 million (1999)
Commodities: lobster fish livestock salt concrete blocks rum
Partners: UK US Puerto Rico Saint-Martin (2000)

Imports: $80.9 million (1999)
Commodities: fuels foodstuffs manufactures chemicals trucks textiles
Partners: US Puerto Rico UK (2000)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external: $8.8 million (1998)

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.70 (fixed rate since 1976)


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Electricity
Production: NA
Consumption: 42.6 million kWh

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


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Telephones
Main lines in use: 6,200 (2002)
Mobile cellular: 1800 (2002)

Telephone system
General assessment: NA
Domestic: modern internal telephone system
International: country code - 1-264; microwave radio relay to island of Saint Martin (Guadeloupe and Netherlands Antilles)

Broadcast media

Internet
Country code: .ai
Users: 3,000 (2002)

Broadband fixed subscriptions


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Military expenditures

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 3 (2003 est.)
With paved runways total: 1
With paved runways 914 to 1523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
With unpaved runways total: 2
With unpaved runways under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine: none

Ports and terminals


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Disputes international: none

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs: transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe