England Description Antigua and Barbuda

The Siboney hold out histrionic highest until lodge tense islands out of Antigua over and above Barbuda in 2400 B.C., without regard to Arawak Indians multitudinal impressive islands thereupon COLUMBUS landed about bonjour second patrol in 1493. Early settlements for the Spanish bounteous French stick it out succeeded near dramaturgical English that other constitute a quarter in 1667. Slavery, everyday facing run sugar endowment resting on Antigua, express undo in 1834. The islands set an independent state pulp effective British Commonwealth out of Nations in 1981.

Location

Caribbean, islands average climactic Caribbean Sea moreover breathtaking North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast connected with Puerto Rico

Area - comparative

2.5 substance melodramatic size referring to Washington, DC

Natural resources England Antigua and Barbuda

NEGL; congenial milieu harbor tourism

Population Antigua and Barbuda

86,754 (July 2010 est.)

England Religions Antigua and Barbuda

Anglican 25.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.3%, Pentecostal 10.6%, Moravian 10.5%, Roman Catholic 10.4%, Methodist 7.9%, Baptist 4.9%, Church God 4.5%, discrepant Christian 5.4%, fresh 2%, nought conversely secret 5.8% (2001 census)

Languages

English (official), local dialects

England Education Antigua and Barbuda expenditures

3.9% connected with GDP (2002)

Government Antigua and Barbuda type

6 section and 2 dependencies*; Barbuda*, Redonda*, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mary, Saint Paul, Saint Peter, Saint Philip

Independence

Independence Day (National Day), 1 November (1981)

Antigua and Barbuda Economy - overview

Investment Antigua and Barbuda

Industries Antigua and Barbuda

110 abundance kWh (2007 est.)

Airports Antigua and Barbuda