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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: 91 km²
Rank: 226
Land: 91 km²
Water: 0 km²
Comparative: about one-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) (2005)

Irrigated land: NA

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: 15,094 (July 2011 est.)
Rank: 222
Growth rate: 2.173% (2011 est.)
Growth rate rank: 39
Below poverty line: 23% (2002)

Nationality
Noun: Anguillan
Adjective: Anguillan

Ethnic groups: black (predominant) 90.1% mixed mulatto 4.6% white 3.7% other 1.5% (2001 census)

Languages: English (official)

Religions: Protestant 83.1% (Anglican 29% Methodist 23.9% other Protestant 30.2%) Roman Catholic 5.7% other Christian 1.7% other 5.2% none or unspecified 4.3% (2001 census)

Demographic profile

Age structure
0-14 years: 24%
15-64 years: 68.1% (male 4,855/female 5,427)
65 years and over: 7.9% (male 577/female 610) (2011 est.)

Dependency ratios

Median age
Total: 33.3 years
Male: 31.9 years
Female: 34.7 years (2011 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.173% (2011 est.)
Rank: 39

Birth rate: 12.92 births/1000 population (2011 est.)
Rank: 154

Death rate: 4.44 deaths/1000 population (July 2011 est.)
Rank: 200

Net migration rate: 13.25 migrant(s)/1000 population (2011 est.)
Rank: 7

Population distribution

Urbanization
Urban population: 100% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

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: 1.031 male/female
Under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate
Total: 3.47 deaths/1000 live births
Rank: 210
Male: 3.91 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 3.01 deaths/1000 live births (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 80.87 years
Rank: 19
Male: 78.32 years
Female: 83.51 years (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.75 children born/woman (2011 est.)
Rank: 160

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: 3.5% of GDP (2008)
Rank: 119

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
Total: 11 years
Male: 11 years
Female: 11 years (2008)

Youth unemployment


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

Government type: NA

Capital
Name: The Valley
Geographic coordinates: 18 13 N 63 03 W
Time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington DC during Standard Time)

Administrative divisions: none (overseas territory of the UK)

Dependent areas

Independence: none (overseas territory of the UK)

National holiday: Anguilla Day 30 May (1967)

Constitution: Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982; amended 1990

Legal system: common law based on the English model

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch
Chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II ; represented by Governor Alistair HARRISON (since 21 April 2009)
Head of government: Chief Minister Hubert HUGHES (since 16 February 2010)
Cabinet: Executive Council appointed by the governor from among the elected members of the House of Assembly
Elections: the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition usually appointed chief minister by the governor

Legislative branch: unicameral House of Assembly (11 seats; 7 members elected by direct popular vote 2 ex officio members and 2 appointed; members serve five-year terms)
Elections: last held on 15 February 2010 (next to be held in 2015)
Election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - AUM 4 AUF 2 APP 1

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

Political parties and leaders: Anguilla Progressive Party or APP [Brent DAVIS]; Anguilla Strategic Alternative or ANSA [Edison BAIRD]; Anguilla United Front or AUF [Osbourne FLEMING Victor BANKS] (a coalition of the Anguilla Democratic Party or ADP and the Anguilla National Alliance or ANA); Anguilla United Movement or AUM [Hubert HUGHES]

International organization participation: Caricom (associate) CDB Interpol (subbureau) OECS 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 a turquoise-blue field below; the white in the background represents peace; the blue base symbolizes the surrounding sea as well as faith youth and hope; the three dolphins stand for endurance unity and strength

National symbols: dolphin

National anthem
Name: 'God Bless Anguilla'
Lyricsmusic: Alex RICHARDSON
Note: local anthem adopted 1981; as a territory of the United Kingdom 'God Save the Queen' is official (see United Kingdom)

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 has spurred the growth of the construction sector contributing 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:
Rank: 216

Real gdp growth rate: -8.5% (2009 est.)
Rank: 214

Real gdp per capita: $12,200 (2008 est.)
Rank: 95

Gross national saving

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 2.1%
Industry: 26.6%
Services: 71.3% (2010 est.)

Agriculture products: small quantities of tobacco vegetables; cattle raising

Industries: tourism boat building offshore financial services

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Labor force: 6,049 (2001)
Rank: 218
By occupation agriculturefishingforestrymining: 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: 8% (2002)
Rank: 89

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line: 23% (2002)

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 (2009 est.)
Surplus or deficit: 0.2% of GDP (2009 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 41

Taxes and other revenues: 13% of GDP (2009 est.)
Rank: 196

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year

Inflation rate consumer prices: -0.7% (2009 est.)
Rank: 26

Central bank discount rate: 6.5% (31 December 2009 est.)
Rank: 58

Commercial bank prime lending rate: 9.273% (31 December 2009 est.)
Rank: 115

Stock of narrow money: $19.03 million (31 December 2009 est.)
Rank: 190

Stock of broad money: $430.7 million (31 December 2009 est.)
Rank: 177

Stock of domestic credit: $489 million (31 December 2009 est.)
Rank: 165

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance: -$102.4 million (2009 est.)
Rank: 82

Exports: $26.23 million (2009 est.)
Rank: 212
Commodities: lobster fish livestock salt concrete blocks rum

Imports: $153.4 million (2009 est.)
Rank: 205
Commodities: fuels foodstuffs manufactures chemicals trucks textiles

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external: $8.8 million (1998)
Rank: 196

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates:


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Electricity
Production: NA 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: 6,300 (2010)
Main lines in use rank: 208
Mobile cellular: 24,000 (2010)
Mobile cellular rank: 208

Telephone system
General assessment: modern internal telephone system
Domestic: fixed-line teledensity is roughly 40 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 160 per 100 persons
International: country code - 1-264; landing point for the East Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) submarine cable with links to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad; microwave radio relay to island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten (2009)

Broadcast media: 1 private television station; multi-channel cable TV subscription services are available; about 10 radio stations one of which is government-owned (2007)

Internet
Country code: .ai
Hosts: 271 (2010)
Hosts rank: 186
Users: 3,700 (2009)
Users rank: 207

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 (2010)
Rank: 196
With paved runways total: 1
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 1 (2010)
With unpaved runways total: 2
With unpaved runways under 914 m: 2 (2010)

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways
Total: 175 km
Rank: 209
Paved: 82 km
Unpaved: 93 km (2004)

Waterways

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals: Blowing Point Road Bay


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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