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Official Name: Antigua and Barbuda

Location: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico.

Capital: Saint John's

Area: total: 442.6 sq km
land: 442.6 sq km (Antigua 280 sq km; Barbuda 161 sq km)
water: 0 sq km

Lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

Highest point: Boggy Peak 402 m
Palm Trees On Galley Beach In Leeward Islands, Antigua & Barbuda
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Population: 91,295 (July 2014 est.)

Nationality: Antiguan(s), Barbudan(s)

Ethnic groups: Black 91%, mixed 4.4%, Caucasian 1.7%, other 2.9%

Religions: Protestant 76.4% (Anglican 25.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 12.3%, Pentecostal 10.6%, Moravian 10.5%, Methodist 7.9%, Baptist 4.9%, Church of God 4.5%), Roman Catholic 10.4%, other Christian 5.4%, other 2%, none or unspecified 5.8%

Languages: English (official), local dialects.


Tropical marine with little seasonal temperature variation


Government type: Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government and a Commonwealth realm

Independence: 1 November 1981 (from the United Kingdom)

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



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