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Geography
Area 151 km²
Continent North America
Land area 151 km²
Water area 0 km²
Land boundaries 0 km
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Coastline 80 km
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Lowest point 0 m
Highest point 521 m
People
Population 37,381
Official languages
  • English
Religion Protestant
Government
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Short country name British Virgin Islands
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Government type Parliamentary democracy
Capital Road Town
Economy
GDP (PPP) 500,000,000 USD
GDP (OER) 1,028,000,000 USD
GDP (real growth rate) 2 %
GDP - per capita (PPP) 34,200 USD
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Labor force 12,770
Unemployment rate 2.9 %
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Budget revenues 400,000,000 USD
Budget expenditures 400,000,000 USD
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Taxes and other revenues 38.9 % of GDP
Budget surplus or deficit 0 % of GDP
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Inflation rate 1.1 %
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Current account balance 362,600,000 USD
Exports 23,000,000 USD
Imports 300,000,000 USD
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External debt 36,100,000 USD
National currency US Dollar
National currency (code) USD
National currency (symbol) $
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First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1872-1960; they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency. On 6 September 2017, Hurricane Irma devastated the island of Tortola. An estimated 80% of residential and business structures were destroyed or damaged, communications disrupted, and local roads rendered impassable.

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