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St. Kitts & Nevis
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OVERVIEW
St. Kitts & Nevis are located in the northern part of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean, 19 degrees north of the equator, separated by a channel two miles wide. Both St. Kitts and Nevis are volcanic islands, a fact to which they owe their dramatic central mountains, their rather unpredictable geologic history, and their lush tropical vegetation. In fact, St. Kitts' pre-Columbian Carib inhabitants knew their island as Liamuiga, or "fertile land," a reference to the island's rich and productive volcanic soil. Today that name graces St. Kitts' central peak, a 3,792-foot extinct volcano.
QUICK FACTS
| Country
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KN |
| Area:
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266 sq. km |
| Capital: |
Basseterre
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| Independence: |
19 September 1983 |
| Population: |
people |
| Language(s): |
English
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| Currency: |
1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$) = 100 cents
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Coordinates: |
17 degrees 20 minutes N
62 degrees 45 minutes W |
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Lowest Point: |
Caribbean Sea 0 m |
| Highest
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Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m |
GOVERNMENT
| Leader
Biography: |
Prime Minister,
St. Kitts and Nevis
Professional/Political Career :-National Leader, St. Kitts Labour Party.
President, St. Kitts and Nevis Medical Association. Student Representative. Faculty of Medicine Board, U...
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| Parties: |
Concerned Citizens Movement or CCM [Vance AMORY] Nevis Reformation Party or NRP [Joseph PARRY] People's Action Movement or PAM [Dr. Kennedy SIMMONDS] Saint Kitts and Nevis Labor Party or SKNLP [Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS]
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Pressure Groups:
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