GeoPointe - Montserrat

Official Name: Montserrat

Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico.

Capital: Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity)

Area:	total: 102 sq km
	land: 102 sq km
	water: 0 sq km

Lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

Highest point: Chances Peak (in the Soufriere Hills volcanic complex) 914 m

Brades Town View From Baker Hill, Montserrat

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Population: 9,538 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Montserratian(s) Ethnic groups: Black, white. Religions: Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations. Languages: English.

Tropical. Little daily or seasonal temperature variation

Government type: Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Independence: None (overseas territory of the the United Kingdom)

National holiday: Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, second Saturday in June (1926)