Independence Year : 1981
Population : 75401
Life Expectancy : 70.5
Capital : 63
GNP : 612.00
GNP Old : 584.00
Local Name : Antigua and Barbuda
Government Form : Constitutional Monarchy
Location : Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico.
Terrain : partly volcanic and partly coral, generally low-lying, with highest elevation 405 m. (1,330 ft.).
Climate : Year-round tropical maritime, cooled by steady trade winds.
Ethnic Group : Almost entirely of African origin; some of British, Portuguese, and Levantine Arab origin.
Religions : Principally Anglican, with evangelical Protestant and Roman Catholic minorities.
Official Website :
www.ab.gov.ag/gov_v2/index.php
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General Information - Antigua and Barbuda
Background
Antigua, Barbuda, and Redonda form the independent nation of Antigua and Barbuda, within the Commonwealth of Nations.
They are part of the Leeward Islands in the West Indies. The island nation located in the eastern Caribbean Sea was populated by Amerindian tribes when Christopher Columbus "discovered" it in 1493. He named the island "Santa Maria de la Antigua".
Settlements by the Spanish and French were succeeded by the English who formed a colony in 1667. They established slavery to run the sugar plantations on Antigua.
Antigua and Barbuda became an independent nation in 1981, but it is still British in many of its traditions
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