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Official Name: British Virgin Islands

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

Capital: Road Town on Tortola Island

Area: total: 151 sq km
land: 151 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

Highest point: Mount Sage 521 m
Ruins Of Copper Mine, Virgin Gorda, Virgin Gorda, Virgin Islands (UK)
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Population: 32,680 (July 2014 est.)

Nationality: British Virgin Islander(s)

Ethnic groups: Black 82%, white 6.8%, other 11.2% (includes Indian and mixed)

Religions: Protestant 84% (Methodist 33%, Anglican 17%, Church of God 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Baptist 4%, other 15%), Roman Catholic 10%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%, none 2%

Languages: English (official).


Subtropical. Humid. Temperatures moderated by trade winds


Government type: NA

Independence: None (Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom)

National holiday: Territory Day, 1 July (1956)

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

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