Population (2006 est.):
13,477 (growth rate: 1.6%);
birth rate: 14.2/1000; infant
mortality rate: 20.3/1000; life
expectancy: 77.3; density per sq
mi: 342
Capital
(2003 est.): The Valley, 830
Monetary unit: East
Caribbean dollar
Ethnicity/race: black
African
Literacy: 95% (1984 est.)
Economic
summary:GDP/PPP
(2002 est.): $112 million; per
capita $7,500. Real growth
rate: 2.8%. Inflation:
2.3%. Unemployment: 8%
(2002). Arable land: 0%.
Agriculture: small
quantities of tobacco,
vegetables; cattle raising.
Labor force: 6,049 (2001);
commerce 36%, services 29%,
construction 18%, transportation
and utilities 10%, manufacturing
3%,
agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining
4% (2000 est.). Industries:
tourism, boatbuilding,
offshore financial services.
Natural resources: salt,
fish, lobster. Exports:
$2.6 million (1999): lobster,
fish, livestock, salt, concrete
blocks, rum. Imports:
$80.9 million (1999); fuels,
foodstuffs, manufactures,
chemicals, trucks, textiles.
Major trading partners: UK,
U.S., Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin
(2004).
Communications: Telephones:
main lines in use: 4,974 (2000);
mobile cellular: 1,629 (2000).
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998).
Radios: 3,000 (1997).
Television broadcast stations:
1 (1997). Televisions:
1,000 (1997). Internet
Service Providers (ISPs): 16
(2000). Internet users:
919 (2000).
Transportation: Railways: 0
km. Highways: total: 105
km; paved: 65 km; unpaved: 40 km
(1997). Ports and harbors:
Blowing Point, Road Bay.
Airports: 3 (2002).
International disputes:
none.
Anguilla was first colonized in 1650
by English settlers from St. Christopher
(St. Kitts) and has since remained a
British territory. It was originally
part of the West Indies Associated
States as a component of the St.
Kitts–Nevis-Anguilla Federation. In
1967, Anguilla declared its independence
from the federation but Britain did not
recognize this action. In Feb. 1969,
Anguilla voted to cut all ties with
Britain and become an independent
republic. In March, Britain landed
troops on the island and, on March 30, a
truce was signed. In July 1971, Anguilla
became a dependency of Britain and two
months later Britain ordered the
withdrawal of all its troops. A new
constitution for Anguilla, effective in
Feb. 1976, provided for separate
administration and a government of
elected representatives. The Associated
State of St. Kitts–Nevis-Anguilla ended
in 1980, and in 1982 a new Anguillan
constitution took effect.
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