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Introduction: ANGUILLA
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.
GEOGRAPHY
Country name: conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Anguilla
Capital: The Valley
Location: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico
Geographic Coordinates: 18 15 N, 63 10 W
Area: total: 102 sq km
land: 102 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Area 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
Elavation Extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m
Natural Resources: salt, fish, lobster
GOVERNEMENT
Governement Type: NA
Administratives Divisions: none (overseas territory of the UK)
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
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: unicameral House of Assembly (11 seats total, 7 elected by direct popular vote, 2 ex officio members, and 2 appointed; members serve five-year terms)
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]
PEOPLE
Population: 13,008 (July 2004 est.)
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.)
Median age: total: 30.4 years
male: 30.4 years
female: 30.3 years (2004 est.)
Nationality: noun: Anguillan(s)
adjective: Anguillan
Ethnic groups: black (predominant), mulatto, white
Religions: Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%
Languages: English (official)
COMUNICATIONS
Telephones - main lines in use: 6,200 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 1,800 (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)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
Internet country code: .ai
Internet hosts: 0
Internet users: 3,000 (2002)
TRANSPORT
Railways: 0
Highways: total: 105 km
paved: 65 km
unpaved: 40 km (1997)
Waterways: 0
Pipelines: 0
Ports and harbors: Blowing Point, Road Bay
Merchant marine: none
Airports: 3 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Heliports: none
 
 
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