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Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis
Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II
(1952)
Governor-General: Sir Cuthbert
Sebastian (1996)
Prime Minister: Denzil Douglas
(1995)
Current government officials
Total area: 101 sq mi (261 sq km). St. Kitts,
65 sq mi (168 sq km); Nevis, 36 sq mi (93 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 39,349 (growth
rate: 0.6%); birth rate: 17.9/1000; infant mortality rate:
13.7/1000; life expectancy: 72.7; density per sq mi: 283
Capital (2003 est.):
Basseterre (on St. Kitts), 11,500
Largest town on Nevis: Charlestown,
1,300
Monetary unit: East Caribbean
dollar
Language: English
Ethnicity/race:
predominantly black; some British, Portuguese,
and Lebanese
Religions:
Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
Literacy rate: 97.8% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2007
est.): $721 million; per capita $13,900. Real growth rate:
3.3%. Inflation: 4.5%. Unemployment: 4.5% (1997).
Arable land: 19%. Agriculture: sugarcane, rice, yams,
vegetables, bananas; fish. Labor force: 18,170 (June 1995).
Industries: sugar processing, tourism, cotton, salt, copra,
clothing, footwear, beverages. Natural resources: arable
land. Exports: $84 million (2006 est.): machinery, food,
electronics, beverages, tobacco. Imports: $383 million (2006
est.): machinery, manufactures, food, fuels. Major trading
partners: U.S., Canada, Portugal, UK, Ukraine, Trinidad and
Tobago (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines
in use: 25,000 (2004); mobile cellular: 10,000 (2004). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2003).
Radios: 28,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus 3 repeaters) (2003). Televisions: 10,000 (1997).
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 45 (2007). Internet
userss: 10,000 (2002).
Transportation: Railways: total: 50 km
(2002). Highways: total: 320 km; paved: 136 km; unpaved: 184
km (2006 est.). Ports and harbors: Basseterre, Charlestown.
Airports: 2 (2007).
International disputes: protests
Venezuela's claim to give full effect to Aves Island, which creates
a Venezuelan EEZ/continental shelf extending over a large portion of
the Caribbean Sea.
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