| 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 |
