Saint Kitts and Nevis
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CountrySaint Kitts and Nevis
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Capitalname: Basseterre
geographic coordinates: 17 18 N, 62 43 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Population39,349 (July 2007 est.)
GMT-4
LocationCaribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago

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Areatotal: 261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis 93 sq km)
land: 261 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Ethnic groupspredominantly black; some British, Portuguese, and Lebanese
ReligionsAnglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
LanguagesEnglish
Government typeparliamentary democracy
National holidayIndependence Day, 19 September (1983)
Constitution19 September 1983
Legal systembased on English common law
BackgroundFirst settled by the British in 1623, the islands became an associated state with full internal autonomy in 1967. The island of Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971. Saint Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 1983. In 1998, a vote in Nevis on a referendum to separate from Saint Kitts fell short of the two-thirds majority needed. Nevis continues in its efforts to try and separate from Saint Kitts.
Internet
country code
.kn
LAST UPDATED ON 17 JUNE 2007