Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Country information - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Country name - conventional long form : none
Country name - conventional short form : Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Government type : parliamentary democracy
Capital - name : Kingstown
Capital - time difference : UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
National holiday : Independence Day, 27 October (1979)
Population : 118,432 (July 2008 est.)
Nationality - noun : Saint Vincentian(s) or Vincentian(s)
Nationality - adjective : Saint Vincentian or Vincentian
Languages : English, French patois
Currency (code) : East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Currency code : XCD
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is located Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago. The climate is tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November). The terrain is volcanic, mountainous.

Background

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Background : Resistance by native Caribs prevented colonization on St. Vincent until 1719. Disputed between France and the United Kingdom for most of the 18th century, the island was ceded to the latter in 1783. Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies. Autonomy was granted in 1969 and independence in 1979.


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