CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Anguilla


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!| Background:
 * Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla was administered by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when the island - against the wishes of the inhabitants - was incorporated into a single British dependency, along with Saint Kitts and Nevis. Several attempts at separation failed. In 1971, two years after a revolt, Anguilla was finally allowed to secede; this arrangement was formally recognized in 1980, with Anguilla becoming a separate British dependency.
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!| Location: !| Geographic coordinates: !| Map references: !| Area: water: 0 sq km land: 102 sq km !| Area - comparative: !| Land boundaries: !| Coastline: !| Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm !| Climate: !| Terrain: !| Elevation extremes: highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m !| Natural resources: !| Land use: permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds) (2001) !| Irrigated land: !| Natural hazards: !| Environment - current issues: !| Geography - note:
 * Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico
 * 18 15 N, 63 10 W
 * Central America and the Caribbean
 * total: 102 sq km
 * about half the size of Washington, DC
 * 0 km
 * 61 km
 * territorial sea: 3 nm
 * tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds
 * flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone
 * lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
 * salt, fish, lobster
 * arable land: 0%
 * NA sq km
 * frequent hurricanes and other tropical storms (July to October)
 * supplies of potable water sometimes cannot meet increasing demand largely because of poor distribution system
 * the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles
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!| Population: !| Age structure: 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: male: 30.4 years female: 30.3 years (2004 est.) !| Population growth rate: !| Birth rate: !| Death rate: !| Net migration rate: !| Sex ratio: under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2004 est.) !| Infant mortality rate: female: 14.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 28.72 deaths/1,000 live births !| Life expectancy at birth: male: 73.99 years female: 79.91 years (2004 est.) !| Total fertility rate: !| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: !| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: !| HIV/AIDS - deaths: !| Nationality: adjective: Anguillan !| Ethnic groups: !| Religions: !| Languages: !| Literacy: total population: 95% male: 95% female: 95% (1984 est.)
 * 13,008 (July 2004 est.)
 * 0-14 years: 23.8% (male 1,569; female 1,523)
 * total: 30.4 years
 * 1.98% (2004 est.)
 * 14.45 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 5.46 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 10.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
 * total: 21.91 deaths/1,000 live births
 * total population: 76.9 years
 * 1.74 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 * NA
 * NA
 * NA
 * noun: Anguillan(s)
 * black (predominant), mulatto, white
 * Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%
 * English (official)
 * definition: age 12 and over can read and write
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!| Country name: conventional short form: Anguilla !| Dependency status: !| Government type: !| Capital: !| Administrative divisions: !| Independence: !| National holiday: !| Constitution: !| Legal system: !| Suffrage: !| Executive branch: 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 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 !| Legislative branch: 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: !| Political parties and leaders: !| Political pressure groups and leaders: !| International organization participation: !| Diplomatic representation in the US: !| Diplomatic representation from the US: !| Flag description:
 * conventional long form: none
 * overseas territory of the UK
 * NA
 * The Valley
 * none (overseas territory of the UK)
 * none (overseas territory of the UK)
 * Anguilla Day, 30 May
 * Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982; amended 1990
 * based on English common law
 * 18 years of age; universal
 * chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Alan Eden HUCKLE (since 28 May 2004)
 * 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)
 * High Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court)
 * 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]
 * NA
 * Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS (associate), UPU
 * none (overseas territory of the UK)
 * none (overseas territory of the UK)
 * blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Anguillan coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dolphins in an interlocking circular design on a white background with blue wavy water below
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!| Economy - overview: !| GDP: !| GDP - real growth rate: !| GDP - per capita: !| GDP - composition by sector: industry: 18% services: 78% (1997 est.) !| Population below poverty line: !| Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%: NA !| Inflation rate (consumer prices): !| Labor force: !| Labor force - by occupation: !| Unemployment rate: !| Budget: expenditures: $22.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.) !| Agriculture - products: !| Industries: !| Industrial production growth rate: !| Electricity - production: !| Electricity - consumption: !| Exports: !| Exports - commodities: !| Exports - partners: !| Imports: !| Imports - commodities: !| Imports - partners: !| Debt - external: !| Economic aid - recipient: !| Currency: !| Currency code: !| Exchange rates: !| Fiscal year:
 * Anguilla has few natural resources, and the economy depends heavily on luxury tourism, offshore banking, lobster fishing, and remittances from emigrants. Increased activity in the tourism industry, which has spurred the growth of the construction sector, has contributed to economic growth. Anguillan officials have put substantial effort into developing the offshore financial sector, which is small, but growing. In the medium term, prospects for the economy will depend largely on the tourism sector and, therefore, on revived income growth in the industrialized nations as well as on favorable weather conditions.
 * purchasing power parity - $104 million (2001 est.)
 * 2.8% (2001 est.)
 * purchasing power parity - $8,600 (2001 est.)
 * agriculture: 4%
 * NA
 * lowest 10%: NA
 * 2.3%
 * 6,049 (2001)
 * agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%, manufacturing 3%, construction 18%, transportation and utilities 10%, commerce 36%, services 29% (2000 est.)
 * 6.7% (2001)
 * revenues: $22.8 million
 * small quantities of tobacco, vegetables; cattle raising
 * tourism, boat building, offshore financial services
 * 3.1% (1997 est.)
 * NA
 * 42.6 million kWh
 * $2.6 million (1999)
 * lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum
 * UK, US, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin (2000)
 * $80.9 million (1999)
 * fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles
 * US, Puerto Rico, UK (2000)
 * $8.8 million (1998)
 * $3.5 million (1995)
 * East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
 * XCD
 * East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.70 (fixed rate since 1976)
 * 1 April - 31 March
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!| Telephones - main lines in use: !| Telephones - mobile cellular: !| Telephone system: 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: !| Radios: !| Television broadcast stations: !| Televisions: !| Internet country code: !| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): !| Internet users:
 * 6,200 (2002)
 * 1,800 (2002)
 * general assessment: NA
 * AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)
 * 3,000 (1997)
 * 1 (1997)
 * 1,000 (1997)
 * .ai
 * 16 (2000)
 * 3,000 (2002)
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!| Highways: paved: 65 km unpaved: 40 km (1997) !| Ports and harbors: !| Merchant marine: !| Airports: !| Airports - with paved runways: 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.) !| Airports - with unpaved runways: under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
 * total: 105 km
 * Blowing Point, Road Bay
 * none
 * 3 (2003 est.)
 * total: 1
 * total: 2
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!| Military - note:
 * defense is the responsibility of the UK
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