United States Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. They are currently owned and under the authority of the United States Government. They used to be owned by Denmark (and called Danish West Indies). They were sold to the U.S. on January 17, 1917, because of fear that the Germans would capture them and use them as a submarine base in World War I. They are the only part of the U.S. where vehicles drive on the left hand side of the road.
Virgin Islands of the United States | |
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| Capital and largest city | Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Official languages | English |
| Ethnic groups | African 79.7%, Cacasiun 7.1%, Asian 0.8%, mixed or other 12.4%[1] |
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| Government | Unincorporated, organized territory |
| Joe Biden (D) | |
• Governor | Albert Bryan (D) |
| Tregenza Roach (D) | |
| Unincorporated territory of the United States | |
| March 31, 1917 | |
| July 22, 1954 | |
| Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (202nd) |
• Water (%) | 1.0 |
| Population | |
• 2010 census | 109,750 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (42nd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2003 estimate |
• Total | $1.577 billion |
| Currency | United States dollar (USD) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (No DST) |
| Driving side | left[2] |
| Calling code | +1 (spec. +1-340) |
| ISO 3166 code | VI |
| Internet TLD | .vi and .us |
United States Virgin Islands Media
The regional anthem of the United States Virgin Islands.
Ancient petroglyphs in the Virgin Islands National Park
The Høgensborg estate on Sankt Croix, 1833
The aftermath of Hurricane Marilyn on the island of St. Thomas, 1995. In recent decades the U.S. Virgin Islands have been devastated by a series of hurricanes.
A map of the United States Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, the islands' capital
Christiansted, the largest town on St. Croix
The Legislature Building in Charlotte Amalie
U.S. Virgin Islands Subdivisions
USVI police officers in 2012
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References
- ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vq.html
- ↑ Only U.S. dependency to drive on the left.
Other websites
Media related to United States Virgin Islands at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Tourism Website
- Governor's Website Archived 2015-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- CIA World Factbook information about Virgin Islands
- U.S. Census Bureau: Island Areas Census 2000
- United States Virgin Islands at the Open Directory Project
- Wikimedia Atlas of the United States Virgin Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands travel guide from Wikivoyage- Real-time, geographic and other scientific resources of Virgin Islands Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine from the United States Geological Survey
- Convention between the United States and Denmark for cession of the Danish West Indies
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