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Status: Overseas territory
Governor: Andrew George (2006)
Chief Minister: Osbourne Fleming
(2000)
Total area: 35 sq mi (91 sq km)
Population (2008 est.): 13,854 (growth
rate: 1.1%); birth rate: 13.8/1000; infant mortality rate:
18.9/1000; life expectancy: 77.6; density per sq mi: 389
Capital (2003 est.): The Valley, 830
Monetary unit: East Caribbean
dollar
Ethnicity/race: black African
Literacy: 95% (1984 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2002
est.): $112 million; per capita $7,500. Real growth rate:
2.8%. Inflation: 2.3%. Unemployment: 8% (2002).
Arable land: 0%. Agriculture: small quantities of
tobacco, vegetables; cattle raising. Labor force: 6,049
(2001); commerce 36%, services 29%, construction 18%, transportation
and utilities 10%, manufacturing 3%,
agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4% (2000 est.). Industries:
tourism, boatbuilding, offshore financial services. Natural
resources: salt, fish, lobster. Exports: $2.6 million
(1999): lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum.
Imports: $80.9 million (1999); fuels, foodstuffs,
manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles. Major trading
partners: UK, U.S., Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines
in use: 4,974 (2000); mobile cellular: 1,629 (2000). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998). Radios:
3,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997).
Televisions: 1,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers
(ISPs): 16 (2000). Internet users: 919 (2000).
Transportation: Railways: 0 km.
Highways: total: 105 km; paved: 65 km; unpaved: 40 km (1997).
Ports and harbors: Blowing Point, Road Bay. Airports:
3 (2002).
International disputes: none.
Major sources and definitions
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