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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
Land: 91 km²
Water: 0 km²
Rank: 227
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
Agricultural land: 0%
Forest: 61.1%
Other: 38.9% (2011 est.)

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: 16,418 (July 2015 est.)
Rank: 221
Growth rate: 2.03% (2015 est.)
Growth rate rank: 50
Below poverty line: 23% (2002 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Anguillan
Adjective: Anguillan

Ethnic groups: black 90.1% mixed 4.6% white 3.7% other 1.5% (2001 est.)

Languages: English (official)

Religions: Protestant 83.3% (includes Anglican 29% Methodist 23.9% Pentecostal 7.7% Seventh Day Adventist 7.6% Church of God 7.6% Baptist 7.3% Presbytarian .2%) Roman Catholic 5.7% other Christian 1.5% other 5.1% unspecified 0.3% none 4% (2001 est.)

Demographic profile

Age structure
0-14 years: 22.84%
15-24 years: 14.06%
25-54 years: 44.73%
55-64 years: 9.88%
65 years and over: 8.48% (2015 est.)

Dependency ratios

Median age
Total: 34.1 years
Male: 32.4 years
Female: 35.7 years

Population growth rate: 2.03% (2015 est.)
Rank: 50

Birth rate: 12.67 births/1000 population (2015 est.)
Rank: 157

Death rate: 4.57 deaths/1000 population (2015 est.)
Rank: 201

Net migration rate: 12.18 migrant(s)/1000 population (2015 est.)
Rank: 11

Population distribution

Urbanization
Urban population: 100% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 1.19% annual rate of change

Major urban areas
Population: THE VALLEY (capital) 1000 (2014)

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

Air pollutants

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.04 male/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male/female
25-54 years: 0.82 male/female
55-64 years: 0.93 male/female
65 years and over: 0.98 male/female
Total population: 0.92 male/female

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate
Total: 3.37 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 3.78 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 2.95 deaths/1000 live births
Rank: 210

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 81.31 years
Male: 78.71 years
Female: 83.98 years
Rank: 21

Total fertility rate: 1.75 children born/woman (2015 est.)
Rank: 166

Contraceptive prevalence rate: 43%
Note: percent of women aged 15-45

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: 2.8% of GDP (2008)
Rank: 146

Literacy

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


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Country name
Conventional long form: none
Conventional short form: Anguilla
Note: the name Anguilla means 'eel' in various Romance languages and likely derives from the island's lengthy shape

Government type: NA

Capital
Name: The Valley
Geographic coordinates: 18 13 N 63 03 W
Time difference: UTC-4

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: several previous; latest 1 April 1982; amended 1990 (2013)

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 Christina SCOTT (since 23 July 2013)
Head of government: Chief Minister Hubert HUGHES
Cabinet: Executive Council appointed by the governor from among elected members of the House of Assembly
Electionsappointments: the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed chief minister by the governor

Legislative branch
Description: unicameral House of Assembly
Elections: last held on 22 April 2015
Election results: percent of vote by party - AUF 54.4% AUM 38.3% DOVE 1.4% independent 5.9%; seats by party - AUF 6 independent 1

Judicial branch
Highest court: the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court is the itinerant superior court of record for the 9-member Organization of Eastern Caribbean States to include Anguilla; the ECSC - headquartered on St. Lucia - is headed by the chief justice and is comprised of the Court of Appeal with 3 justices and the High Court with 16 judges; sittings of the Court of Appeal and High Court rotate among the 9 member states; High Court judges reside in 7 member states though none resides on Anguilla
Judge selection and term of office: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court chief justice appointed by Her Majesty Queen ELIZABETH II; other justices and judges appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission; Court of Appeal justices appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 65; High Court judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 62
Subordinate courts: Magistrate's Court; Juvenile Court

Political parties and leaders:

International organization participation: Caricom (associate) CDB Interpol (subbureau) OECS UNESCO (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 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'
Lyrics and music: Alex RICHARDSON
Note: local anthem adopted 1981; as a territory of the United Kingdom 'God Save the Queen' is official

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: 222

Real gdp growth rate: -8.5% (2009 est.)
Rank: 219

Real gdp per capita: $12,200 (2008 est.)
Rank: 118

Gross national saving

Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 76.8%
Government consumption: 19.2%
Investment in fixed capital: 20.9%
Investment in inventories: 0%
Exports of goods and services: 41.4%
Imports of goods and services: -58.3%: (2014 est.)

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 2.6%
Industry: 24.4%
Services: 73%

Agriculture products: small quantities of tobacco vegetables; cattle raising

Industries: tourism boat building offshore financial services

Industrial production growth rate: 2% (2014 est.)
Rank: 130

Labor force: 6,049 (2001)
Rank: 220
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%

Unemployment rate: 8% (2002)
Rank: 90

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line: 23% (2002 est.)

Gini index

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

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget
Revenues: $64.22 million
Expenditures: $65.11 million
Surplus or deficit: -0.5% of GDP (2014 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 53

Taxes and other revenues: 36.6% of GDP (2014 est.)
Rank: 53

Public debt:
Rank: 139

Revenue

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

Inflation rate consumer prices:
Rank: 137

Central bank discount rate:
Rank: 54

Commercial bank prime lending rate:
Rank: 102

Stock of narrow money:
Rank: 189

Stock of broad money:
Rank: 183

Stock of domestic credit:
Rank: 170

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance:
Rank: 70

Exports:
Rank: 213
Commodities: lobster fish livestock salt concrete blocks rum

Imports:
Rank: 208
Commodities: fuels foodstuffs manufactures chemicals trucks textiles

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external: $8.8 million (1998)
Rank: 199

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates:


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Electricity

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


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Telephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 5,900
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37
Fixed lines rank: 206
Mobile cellular total: 26,000
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 162
Mobile cellular rank: 209

Telephone system
General assessment: modern internal telephone system
Domestic: fixed-line teledensity is roughly 40 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 170 per 100 persons
International: country code - 1-264; landing point for the East Caribbean Fiber System 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

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

Internet
Country code: .ai
Users total: 3,700
Users percent of population: 26%
Users rank: 208

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: 2 (2013)
Rank: 197
With paved runways total: 1
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 1
With unpaved runways total: 1
With unpaved runways: 1 (2013)

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways
Total: 175 km
Paved: 82 km
Unpaved: 93 km
Rank: 211

Waterways

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals
Major seaport: 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