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Administrative divisions none (overseas territory of the UK) -
Age structure 0-14 years: 23.8% (male 1,569; female 1,523)


15-64 years: 69.4% (male 4,641; female 4,385)


65 years and over: 6.8% (male 396; female 494) (2004 est.)		 -
Agriculture - products small quantities of tobacco, vegetables; cattle raising -
Airports 3 (2003 est.) -
Airports - with paved runways total: 1


914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)		 -
Airports - with unpaved runways total: 2


under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)		 -
Area total: 102 sq km


land: 102 sq km


water: 0 sq km		 total: 14.056 million sq km


note: includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies
Area - comparative about half the size of Washington, DC slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US
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. The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the recently delimited Southern Ocean). The Northwest Passage (US and Canada) and Northern Sea Route (Norway and Russia) are two important seasonal waterways. A sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes circumscribes the Arctic Ocean.
Birth rate 14.45 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) -
Budget revenues: $22.8 million


expenditures: $22.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)		 -
Capital The Valley -
Climate tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or snow
Coastline 61 km 45,389 km
Constitution Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982; amended 1990 -
Country name conventional long form: none


conventional short form: Anguilla		 -
Currency East Caribbean dollar (XCD) -
Death rate 5.46 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) -
Debt - external $8.8 million (1998) -
Dependency status overseas territory of the UK -
Diplomatic representation from the US none (overseas territory of the UK) -
Diplomatic representation in the US none (overseas territory of the UK) -
Disputes - international none some maritime disputes (see littoral states)
Economic aid - recipient $3.5 million (1995) -
Economy - overview 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. Economic activity is limited to the exploitation of natural resources, including petroleum, natural gas, fish, and seals.
Electricity - consumption 42.6 million kWh -
Electricity - production NA -
Elevation extremes lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m


highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m		 lowest point: Fram Basin -4,665 m


highest point: sea level 0 m
Environment - current issues supplies of potable water sometimes cannot meet increasing demand largely because of poor distribution system endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage; thinning polar icepack
Ethnic groups black (predominant), mulatto, white -
Exchange rates East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.70 (fixed rate since 1976) -
Executive branch chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Alan Eden HUCKLE (since 28 May 2004)


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


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		 -
Exports $2.6 million (1999) -
Exports - commodities lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum -
Exports - partners UK, US, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin (2000) -
Fiscal year 1 April - 31 March -
Flag description 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 -
GDP purchasing power parity - $104 million (2001 est.) -
GDP - composition by sector agriculture: 4%


industry: 18%


services: 78% (1997 est.)		 -
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $8,600 (2001 est.) -
GDP - real growth rate 2.8% (2001 est.) -
Geographic coordinates 18 15 N, 63 10 W 90 00 N, 0 00 E
Geography - note the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles major chokepoint is the southern Chukchi Sea (northern access to the Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait); strategic location between North America and Russia; shortest marine link between the extremes of eastern and western Russia; floating research stations operated by the US and Russia; maximum snow cover in March or April about 20 to 50 centimeters over the frozen ocean; snow cover lasts about 10 months
Highways total: 105 km


paved: 65 km


unpaved: 40 km (1997)		 -
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%: NA


highest 10%: NA		 -
Illicit drugs transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe -
Imports $80.9 million (1999) -
Imports - commodities fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles -
Imports - partners US, Puerto Rico, UK (2000) -
Independence none (overseas territory of the UK) -
Industrial production growth rate 3.1% (1997 est.) -
Industries tourism, boat building, offshore financial services -
Infant mortality rate total: 21.91 deaths/1,000 live births


male: 28.72 deaths/1,000 live births


female: 14.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)		 -
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2.3% -
International organization participation Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS (associate), UPU -
Irrigated land NA sq km -
Judicial branch High Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court) -
Labor force 6,049 (2001) -
Labor force - by occupation agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%, manufacturing 3%, construction 18%, transportation and utilities 10%, commerce 36%, services 29% (2000 est.) -
Land boundaries 0 km -
Land use arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds) (2001)		 -
Languages English (official) -
Legal system based on English common law -
Legislative branch 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)


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		 -
Life expectancy at birth total population: 76.9 years


male: 73.99 years


female: 79.91 years (2004 est.)		 -
Literacy definition: age 12 and over can read and write


total population: 95%


male: 95%


female: 95% (1984 est.)		 -
Location Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico body of water between Europe, Asia, and North America, mostly north of the Arctic Circle
Map references Central America and the Caribbean Arctic Region
Maritime claims territorial sea: 3 nm


exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm		 -
Merchant marine none -
Military - note defense is the responsibility of the UK -
National holiday Anguilla Day, 30 May -
Nationality noun: Anguillan(s)


adjective: Anguillan		 -
Natural hazards frequent hurricanes and other tropical storms (July to October) ice islands occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island; icebergs calved from glaciers in western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada; permafrost in islands; virtually ice locked from October to June; ships subject to superstructure icing from October to May
Natural resources salt, fish, lobster sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales)
Net migration rate 10.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) -
Political parties and leaders 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] -
Political pressure groups and leaders NA -
Population 13,008 (July 2004 est.) -
Population below poverty line NA -
Population growth rate 1.98% (2004 est.) -
Ports and harbors Blowing Point, Road Bay Churchill (Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US)
Radio broadcast stations AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998) -
Religions Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12% -
Sex ratio at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female


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.)		 -
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal -
Telephone system general assessment: NA


domestic: modern internal telephone system


international: country code - 1-264; microwave radio relay to island of Saint Martin (Guadeloupe and Netherlands Antilles)		 -
Telephones - main lines in use 6,200 (2002) -
Telephones - mobile cellular 1,800 (2002) -
Television broadcast stations 1 (1997) -
Terrain flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone central surface covered by a perennial drifting polar icepack that averages about 3 meters in thickness, although pressure ridges may be three times that size; clockwise drift pattern in the Beaufort Gyral Stream, but nearly straight-line movement from the New Siberian Islands (Russia) to Denmark Strait (between Greenland and Iceland); the icepack is surrounded by open seas during the summer, but more than doubles in size during the winter and extends to the encircling landmasses; the ocean floor is about 50% continental shelf (highest percentage of any ocean) with the remainder a central basin interrupted by three submarine ridges (Alpha Cordillera, Nansen Cordillera, and Lomonosov Ridge)
Total fertility rate 1.74 children born/woman (2004 est.) -
Transportation - note - sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes; the Northwest Passage (North America) and Northern Sea Route (Eurasia) are important seasonal waterways
Unemployment rate 6.7% (2001) -
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