GeoPointe - Saint Kitts and Nevis

Official Name: Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Location: Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago.

Capital: Basseterre on St. Christopher Island

Area:	total: 261 sq km
	land: 261 sq km
	water: 0 sq km

Lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

Highest point: Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m

Close Up Of Blue Spotted Grouper, St Anne Sandy Point, St Kitts & Nevis

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Population: 39,349 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Kittitian(s), Nevisian(s) Ethnic groups: Predominantly black some British, Portuguese, and Lebanese. Religions: Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic. Languages: English.

Tropical tempered by constant sea breezes. Little seasonal temperature variation. Rainy season from May to November

Government type: Constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style parliament

Independence: 19 September 1983 (from the United Kingdom)

National holiday: Independence Day, 19 September (1983)