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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    n 1: an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved
         independence from the United Kingdom in 1979 [syn: Saint
         Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the
         Grenadines]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

   Introduction Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
   ---------------------------------------------
                            Background: Disputed between France and the
                                        United Kingdom in the 18th century,
                                        Saint Vincent was ceded to the
                                        latter in 1783. Autonomy was granted
                                        in 1969, and independence in 1979.
  
   Geography Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
   ------------------------------------------
                              Location: Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean
                                        Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago
                Geographic coordinates: 13 15 N, 61 12 W
                        Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
                                  Area: total: 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344
                                        sq km)
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 389 sq km
                    Area - comparative: twice the size of Washington, DC
                       Land boundaries: 0 km
                             Coastline: 84 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        continental shelf: 200 NM
                               Climate: tropical; little seasonal
                                        temperature variation; rainy season
                                        (May to November)
                               Terrain: volcanic, mountainous
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
                                        highest point: Soufriere 1,234 m
                     Natural resources: hydropower, cropland
                              Land use: arable land: 10.26%
                                        permanent crops: 17.95%
                                        other: 71.79% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 10 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: hurricanes; Soufriere volcano on the
                                        island of Saint Vincent is a
                                        constant threat
          Environment - current issues: pollution of coastal waters and
                                        shorelines from discharges by
                                        pleasure yachts and other effluents;
                                        in some areas, pollution is severe
                                        enough to make swimming prohibitive
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Environmental Modification,
                                        Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea,
                                        Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
                                        Pollution, Whaling
                                        signed, but not ratified: Climate
                                        Change-Kyoto Protocol
                      Geography - note: the administration of the islands of
                                        the Grenadines group is divided
                                        between Saint Vincent and the
                                        Grenadines and Grenada; Saint
                                        Vincent and the Grenadines is
                                        comprised of 32 islands and cays
  
   People Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
   ---------------------------------------
                            Population: 116,394 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 28.9% (male 17,093;
                                        female 16,497)
                                        15-64 years: 64.8% (male 38,718;
                                        female 36,689)
                                        65 years and over: 6.3% (male 3,188;
                                        female 4,209) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.37% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 17.54 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 6.12 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -7.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.03 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 16.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.82 years
                                        female: 74.63 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 71.07 years
                  Total fertility rate: 2.01 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Saint Vincentian(s) or
                                        Vincentian(s)
                                        adjective: Saint Vincentian or
                                        Vincentian
                         Ethnic groups: black 66%, mixed 19%, East Indian
                                        6%, Carib Amerindian 2%, other 7%
                             Religions: Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman
                                        Catholic 13%, Hindu Seventh-Day
                                        Adventist, other Protestant
                             Languages: English, French patois
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over has ever
                                        attended school
                                        total population: 96%
                                        male: 96%
                                        female: 96% (1970 est.)
  
   Government Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
   -------------------------------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: none
                                        conventional short form: Saint
                                        Vincent and the Grenadines
                       Government type: parliamentary democracy; independent
                                        sovereign state within the
                                        Commonwealth
                               Capital: Kingstown
              Administrative divisions: 6 parishes; Charlotte, Grenadines,
                                        Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint
                                        George, Saint Patrick
                          Independence: 27 October 1979 (from UK)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 27 October (1979)
                          Constitution: 27 October 1979
                          Legal system: based on English common law
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II
                                        (since 6 February 1952), represented
                                        by Governor General Sir Charles
                                        ANTROBUS (since NA)
                                        elections: none; the monarch is
                                        hereditary; the governor general is
                                        appointed by the monarch; following
                                        legislative elections, the leader of
                                        the majority party is usually
                                        appointed prime minister by the
                                        governor general; deputy prime
                                        minister appointed by the governor
                                        general on the advice of the prime
                                        minister
                                        cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the
                                        governor general on the advice of
                                        the prime minister
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Ralph GONSALVES (since 29 March
                                        2001)
                    Legislative branch: unicameral House of Assembly (21
                                        seats, 15 elected representatives
                                        and 6 appointed senators;
                                        representatives are elected by
                                        popular vote from single-member
                                        constituencies to serve five-year
                                        terms)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - ULP
                                        12, NDP 3
                                        elections: last held 28 March 2001
                                        (next to be held by March 2006)
                       Judicial branch: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
                                        (based on Saint Lucia; one judge of
                                        the Supreme Court resides in Saint
                                        Vincent and the Grenadines)
         Political parties and leaders: National Reform Party or NRP [Joel
                                        MIGUEL]; New Democratic Party or NDP
                                        [Arnhim EUSTACE]; People's
                                        Progressive Movement or PPM [Ken
                                        BOYEA]; Progressive Labor Party or
                                        PLP [leader NA]; United People's
                                        Movement or UPM [Adrian SAUNDERS];
                                        Unity Labor Party or ULP [Ralph
                                        GONSALVES] (formed by the coalition
                                        of Saint Vincent Labor Party or SVLP
                                        and the Movement for National Unity
                                        or MNU)
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-
                         participation: 77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA,
                                        IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
                                        Interpol, IOC, ITU, OAS, OECS,
                                        OPANAL, OPCW (signatory), UN,
                                        UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL,
                                        WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
                                        Ellsworth I. A. JOHN
                                        chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW,
                                        Washington, DC 20016
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 364-6730
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 364-6736
     Diplomatic representation from the the US does not have an embassy in
                                    US: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;
                                        the US Ambassador in Barbados is
                                        accredited to Saint Vincent and the
                                        Grenadines
                      Flag description: three vertical bands of blue (hoist
                                        side), gold (double width), and
                                        green; the gold band bears three
                                        green diamonds arranged in a V
                                        pattern
  
   Economy Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
   ----------------------------------------
                    Economy - overview: Bananas and other agricultural
                                        products remain the staple of this
                                        lower-middle income country's
                                        economy. Although tourism and other
                                        services have been growing
                                        moderately in recent years, the
                                        government has been ineffective at
                                        introducing new industries.
                                        Unemployment remains high, and
                                        economic growth hinges upon seasonal
                                        variations in the agricultural and
                                        tourism sectors. Tropical storms
                                        wiped out substantial portions of
                                        crops in 1994 and 1995, and tourism
                                        in the Eastern Caribbean has
                                        suffered low arrivals following
                                        September 11. St. Vincent is home to
                                        a small offshore banking sector, but
                                        its restrictive secrecy laws have
                                        come under international review. As
                                        of June 2001, it remained on the
                                        Financial Action Task Force's list
                                        of noncooperative jurisdictions.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $339
                                        million (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: -0.8% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $2,900
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 10%
                                        industry: 26%
                                        services: 64% (2001 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): -0.4% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 67,000 (1984 est.)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 26%, industry 17%,
                                        services 57% (1980 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 22% (1997 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $94.6 million
                                        expenditures: $85.8 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2000 est.)
                            Industries: food processing, cement, furniture,
                                        clothing, starch
     Industrial production growth rate: -0.9% (1997 est.)
              Electricity - production: 82 million kWh (1999)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 73.17%
                                        hydro: 26.83%
                                        other: 0% (1999)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 76.3 million kWh (1999)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1999)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (1999)
                Agriculture - products: bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes,
                                        spices; small numbers of cattle,
                                        sheep, pigs, goats; fish
                               Exports: $53.7 million (2000 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: bananas 39%, eddoes and dasheen
                                        (taro), arrowroot starch, tennis
                                        racquets
                    Exports - partners: Caricom countries 49%, UK 16%, US
                                        10% (1995)
                               Imports: $185.6 million (2000 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and equipment,
                                        chemicals and fertilizers, minerals
                                        and fuels
                    Imports - partners: US 36%, Caricom countries 28%, UK
                                        13% (1995)
                       Debt - external: $167.2 million (2000)
              Economic aid - recipient: $47.5 million (1995); note - EU
                                        $34.5 million (1998)
                              Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
                         Currency code: XCD
                        Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars per US dollar
                                        - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
   -----------------------------------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 20,500 (1998)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: NA
                      Telephone system: general assessment: adequate system
                                        domestic: islandwide, fully
                                        automatic telephone system; VHF/UHF
                                        radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to
                                        the other islands of the Grenadines
                                        international: VHF/UHF
                                        radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to
                                        Barbados; new SHF radiotelephone to
                                        Grenada and to Saint Lucia; access
                                        to Intelsat earth station in
                                        Martinique through Saint Lucia
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
                                Radios: 77,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)
                           Televisions: 18,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .vc
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 15 (2000)
                        Internet users: 3,500 (2001)
  
   Transportation Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
   -----------------------------------------------
                              Railways: 0 km
                              Highways: total: 1,040 km
                                        paved: 320 km
                                        unpaved: 720 km (1996)
                             Waterways: none
                     Ports and harbors: Kingstown
                       Merchant marine: total: 788 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 7,000,660 GRT/10,702,776
                                        DWT
                                        ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk
                                        142, cargo 382, chemical tanker 24,
                                        combination bulk 11, combination
                                        ore/oil 3, container 47, liquefied
                                        gas 7, livestock carrier 3, multi-
                                        functional large-load carrier 2,
                                        passenger 3, petroleum tanker 48,
                                        refrigerated cargo 39, roll on/roll
                                        off 52, short-sea passenger 13,
                                        specialized tanker 10, vehicle
                                        carrier 1
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Albania 1, Anguilla 1,
                                        Argentina 1, Australia 2, Bahamas,
                                        The 1, Bangladesh 1, Barbados 2,
                                        Belgium 4, Bulgaria 14, Canada 1,
                                        Cayman Islands 1, China 135,
                                        Colombia 1, Croatia 12, Cyprus 6,
                                        Denmark 16, Egypt 7, Estonia 6,
                                        France 27, Germany 12, Greece 156,
                                        Guyana 7, Hong Kong 23, Iceland 1,
                                        India 11, Indonesia 3, Israel 2,
                                        Italy 19, Japan 1, Kenya 4, Latvia
                                        5, Lebanon 9, Liberia 5, Lithuania
                                        1, Malta 1, Man, Isle of 1, Marshall
                                        Islands 3, Mexico 1, Monaco 6,
                                        Netherlands 14, Netherlands Antilles
                                        1, Nigeria 3, Norway 33, Pakistan 5,
                                        Panama 2, Poland 2, Portugal 2,
                                        Puerto Rico 2, Russia 8, Saint Kitts
                                        and Nevis 1, Saudi Arabia 3,
                                        Singapore 4, Slovenia 7, South Korea
                                        4, Spain 1, Sweden 6, Switzerland
                                        10, Syria 2, Taiwan 1, Thailand 1,
                                        Trinidad and Tobago 1, Tunisia 1,
                                        Turkey 15, Ukraine 8, United Arab
                                        Emirates 45, United Kingdom 16,
                                        United States 25, Vietnam 1 (2002
                                        est.)
                              Airports: 6 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 5
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 4
                                        under 914 m: 1 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1
                                        under 914 m: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
   -----------------------------------------
                      Military branches: Royal Saint Vincent and the
                                         Grenadines Police Force (includes
                                         Special Service Unit), Coast Guard
          Military expenditures - dollar $NA
                                 figure:
      Military expenditures - percent of NA%
                                    GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
   -----------------------------------------------------
               Disputes - international: none
                          Illicit drugs: transshipment point for South
                                         American drugs destined for the US
                                         and Europe
  
                                       



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