Anguilla
Capital: The Valley
History
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.
Geography
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Economy
Budget & Debt
Trade
| Exports |
$12.65 million |
| Export Items |
lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum |
| Export Partners |
No data |
| Imports |
$138.6 million |
| Import Items |
fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles |
| Import Partners |
No data |
People
| Population |
15,754 |
| Population Growth |
2.11% |
| Ethnic Groups |
black (predominant) 90.1%, mixed, mulatto 4.6%, white 3.7%, other 1.5% (2001 census) |
| Religion |
Protestant 83.1% (Anglican 29%, Methodist 23.9%, other Protestant 30.2%), Roman Catholic 5.7%, other Christian 1.7%, other 5.2%, none or unspecified 4.3% (2001 census) |
| Life Expectancy |
81.09 years |
| Infant Mortality |
0.93 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Maternal Mortality |
1.7 deaths/100,000 live births |
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