St. Kitts & Nevis

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.

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QUICK FACTS

Country Code:	KN
Area:	266 sq. km
Capital:	Basseterre
Independence:	19 September 1983
Population:	people
Language(s):	English
Currency:	1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$) = 100 cents
Coordinates:	17 degrees 20 minutes N 62 degrees 45 minutes W
Lowest Point:	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Highest Point:	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... more
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]
Pressure Groups:	Information not available

MEDIA

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COUNTRY LINKS

      The Official Website of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority

      Overview of the Island

      Government of St Kitts & Nevis