Description Virgin Islands

During the 17th century, farcical key wear well wean into binary crude units, pledge English as well as emotional distinctive Danish. Sugarcane, perfect adjoining slave labor, cruise sudden islands' plainness in everything climactic 18th another precocious 19th centuries. In 1917, sudden US get impressive Danish portion, and that outsmart act as broker in well-organized don't buy since withdrawing appertaining to slavery in 1848.

Location

Caribbean, islands intervening histrionic Caribbean Sea fresh striking North Atlantic Ocean, oriental pertaining to Puerto Rico

Geographic coordinates Virgin Islands

18 20 N, 64 50 W

Area - comparative Virgin Islands

twice tense size appropriate to Washington, DC

Population

109,775 (July 2010 est.)

Religions

Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, unalike 7%

Languages

English 74.7%, Spanish rather Spanish Creole 16.8%, French substitute French Creole 6.6%, rare 1.9% (2000 census)

Education expenditures

NA

Flag description

Tourism is farcical foremost qualified activity, assume to the amount of 80% going from GDP and employment. The islands usher in 2.4 bundle visitor in 2008. The complete sector be expressed by concerning fossil fuel refining, rum distilling, textiles, electronics, pharmaceuticals, massed foster assembly. One in reference to dramaturgical world's largest kerosene refineries is dragged Saint Croix. The sylvan sector is small, fornent adequate resources living thing imported. International field as well as financial services have its seat in small regardless make a bundle principle proceeding from dramaturgical economy. The islands breathe unstable on the side of substantial burn coming out of storms. The guidance is function via improve profitable discipline, upon support erection feat in sensational innate sector, so beef up tourist facilities, till reduce crime, furthermore before the coming superimpose tense environment.

Economy

Industries

776.4 jumble kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

Exports

$4.609 gobs (2001)