Saint Kitts and Nevis

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300296409
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Saint Kitts and Nevis (Central America and Caribbean)

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Introduction ::Saint Kitts and Nevis

Background:

Carib Indians occupied the islands for hundreds of years before the British began settlement in 1623. The islands became an associated state of the UK with full internal autonomy in 1967. The island of Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971. Saint Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 1983. In 1998, a vote in Nevis on a referendum to separate from Saint Kitts fell short of the two-thirds majority needed. Nevis continues in its efforts to separate from Saint Kitts.

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Geography ::Saint Kitts and Nevis

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

Geographic coordinates:17 20 N, 62 45 W

Map references:Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

Total:261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis 93 sq km)

Country comparison to the world:211

Land:261 sq km

Water:0 sq km

Area - comparative:1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:0 km

Coastline:135 km

Maritime claims:

Territorial sea:12 nm

Contiguous zone:24 nm

Exclusive economic zone:200 nm

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Continental shelf:200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Climate:Tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

Terrain:Volcanic with mountainous interiors

Elevation extremes:

Lowest point:Caribbean Sea 0 m

Highest point:Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m

Natural resources:Arable land

Land use:

Arable land:19.44%

Permanent crops:2.78%

Other:77.78% (2005)

Irrigated land:NA

Total renewable water resources:0.02 cu km (2000)

Natural hazards:Hurricanes (July to October)

Environment - current issues:NA

Environment - international agreements:

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Party to:Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling

Signed, but not ratified:None of the selected agreements

Geography - note:With coastlines in the shape of a baseball bat and ball, the two volcanic islands are separated by a 3-km-wide channel called The Narrows; on the southern tip of long, baseball bat-shaped Saint Kitts lies the Great Salt Pond; Nevis Peak sits in the center of its almost circular namesake island and its ball shape complements that of its sister island

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People ::Saint Kitts and Nevis

Population:49,898 (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:207

Age structure:

0-14 years:26.3% (male 5,397/female 5,138)

15-64 years:65.9% (male 13,231/female 13,196)

65 years and over:7.9% (male 1,326/female 1,843) (2010 est.)

Median age:

Total:31.5 years

Male:31.5 years

Female:31.5 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate:0.838% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:135

Birth rate:14.23 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:146

Death rate:7.11 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:128 8

Net migration rate:1.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:51

Urbanization:

Urban population:32% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization:1.4% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

At birth:1.02 male(s)/female

Under 15 years:0.99 male(s)/female

15-64 years:1.03 male(s)/female

65 years and over:0.78 male(s)/female

Total population:1 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

Total:9.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Country comparison to the world:153

Male:6.45 deaths/1,000 live births

Female:13.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

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Total population:74.37 years

Country comparison to the world:96

Male:72.03 years

Female:76.75 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate:1.79 children born/woman (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:157

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths:NA

Nationality:

Noun:Kittitian(s), Nevisian(s)

Adjective:Kittitian, Nevisian

Ethnic groups:predominantly black; some British, Portuguese, and Lebanese

Religions:Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic

Languages:English (official)

Literacy:

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