Anguilla

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PROFILE
  • Area: 91 sq. km (35 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 16,752 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 2% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 81.4 years (2016)
  • Languages: English (official)
  • Religions: Protestant 73.2% (includes Anglican 22.7%, Methodist 19.4%, Pentecostal 10.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.3%, Baptist 7.1%), Roman Catholic 6.8%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 10.9%, other 3.2%, none 4.5%
  • Government type: parliamentary democracy; self-governing overseas territory of the UK
  • Leaders: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II; head of government: Chief Minister Hubert HUGHES
  • Capital: The Valley
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $12,200 (2008 est.)
  • Exports: lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum
  • Imports: fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles
  • Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
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