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also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc 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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britische_Jungferninseln" title="Britische Jungferninseln – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Britische Jungferninseln" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A5%E1%88%AA%E1%89%B2%E1%88%BD_%E1%89%AD%E1%88%AD%E1%8C%82%E1%8A%95_%E1%8B%B0%E1%88%B4%E1%89%B6%E1%89%BD" title="ብሪቲሽ ቭርጂን ደሴቶች – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ብሪቲሽ ቭርጂን ደሴቶች" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittil%C3%A2%C5%A1_Nieid%C3%A2suolluuh" title="Brittilâš Nieidâsuolluuh – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Brittilâš Nieidâsuolluuh" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA" title="ब्रिटिश वर्जिन द्वीप – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="ब्रिटिश वर्जिन द्वीप" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryttiscan_F%C3%A6mne_Iegland" title="Bryttiscan Fæmne Iegland – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Bryttiscan Fæmne Iegland" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="جزر العذراء البريطانية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جزر العذراء البريطانية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_V%C3%ADrchens_Britanicas" title="Islas Vírchens Britanicas – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Islas Vírchens Britanicas" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iles_Vi%C3%A8rges_britaniques" title="Iles Vièrges britaniques – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Iles Vièrges britaniques" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islles_V%C3%ADrxenes_Brit%C3%A1niques" title="Islles Vírxenes Britániques – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Islles Vírxenes Britániques" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britaniya_Vircin_adalar%C4%B1" title="Britaniya Vircin adaları – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Britaniya Vircin adaları" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="بریتانیا ویرجین آدالاری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بریتانیا ویرجین آدالاری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C" title="ব্রিটিশ ভার্জিন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ব্রিটিশ ভার্জিন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eng-kok_l%C3%A9ng_Virgin_K%C3%BBn-t%C3%B3" title="Eng-kok léng Virgin Kûn-tó – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Eng-kok léng Virgin Kûn-tó" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A3%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D2%99%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Британия Виргин Утрауҙары – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Британия Виргин Утрауҙары" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B" title="Брытанскія Віргінскія астравы – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Брытанскія Віргінскія астравы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B" title="Брытанскія Віргінскія астравы – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Брытанскія Віргінскія астравы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_Virgenes_nin_Britanya" title="Islas Virgenes nin Britanya – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Islas Virgenes nin Britanya" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Британски Вирджински острови – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Британски Вирджински острови" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britanska_Djevi%C4%8Danska_ostrva" title="Britanska Djevičanska ostrva – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Britanska Djevičanska ostrva" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inizi_Gwerc%27h_Breizhveurat" title="Inizi Gwerc'h Breizhveurat – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Inizi Gwerc'h Breizhveurat" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illes_Verges_Brit%C3%A0niques" title="Illes Verges Britàniques – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Illes Verges Britàniques" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britsk%C3%A9_Panensk%C3%A9_ostrovy" title="Britské Panenské ostrovy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Britské Panenské ostrovy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynysoedd_Prydeinig_y_Wyryf" title="Ynysoedd Prydeinig y Wyryf – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ynysoedd Prydeinig y Wyryf" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britiske_Jomfru%C3%B8er" title="Britiske Jomfruøer – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Britiske Jomfruøer" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britische_Jungferninseln" title="Britische Jungferninseln – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Britische Jungferninseln" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%84%DE%A8%DE%83%DE%A8%DE%93%DE%A8%DE%9D%DE%B0_%DE%88%DE%A7%DE%96%DE%A8%DE%82%DE%B0_%DE%96%DE%A6%DE%92%DE%A9%DE%83%DE%A7" title="ބިރިޓިޝް ވާޖިން ޖަޒީރާ – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ބިރިޓިޝް ވާޖިން ޖަޒީރާ" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britaniske_kn%C4%9B%C5%BEniske_kupy" title="Britaniske kněžniske kupy – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Britaniske kněžniske kupy" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briti_Neitsisaared" title="Briti Neitsisaared – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Briti Neitsisaared" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B9_%CE%9D%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%B9" title="Βρετανικές Παρθένοι Νήσοι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βρετανικές Παρθένοι Νήσοι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%A3%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82_(%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Виргинэнь Усият (Инебритания) – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Виргинэнь Усият (Инебритания)" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_V%C3%ADrgenes_Brit%C3%A1nicas" title="Islas Vírgenes Británicas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Islas Vírgenes Británicas" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britaj_Virgulininsuloj" title="Britaj Virgulininsuloj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Britaj Virgulininsuloj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birjina_britainiar_uharteak" title="Birjina britainiar uharteak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Birjina britainiar uharteak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="جزایر ویرجین بریتانیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جزایر ویرجین بریتانیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="British Virgin Islands" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretsku_J%C3%B3mfr%C3%BAoyggjar" title="Bretsku Jómfrúoyggjar – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Bretsku Jómfrúoyggjar" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_Vierges_britanniques" title="Îles Vierges britanniques – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Îles Vierges britanniques" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oile%C3%A1in_Bhriotanacha_na_Maighdean" title="Oileáin Bhriotanacha na Maighdean – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Oileáin Bhriotanacha na Maighdean" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BC%C3%BCk_Britaniya_Virgin_Adalar%C4%B1" title="Büük Britaniya Virgin Adaları – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Büük Britaniya Virgin Adaları" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illas_Virxes_Brit%C3%A1nicas" title="Illas Virxes Británicas – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Illas Virxes Británicas" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C3%AEn-koet_li%C3%A2ng_Virgin_Khi%C3%B9n-t%C3%B3" title="Yîn-koet liâng Virgin Khiùn-tó – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Yîn-koet liâng Virgin Khiùn-tó" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%81%EA%B5%AD%EB%A0%B9_%EB%B2%84%EC%A7%84%EC%95%84%EC%9D%BC%EB%9E%9C%EB%93%9C" title="영국령 버진아일랜드 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="영국령 버진아일랜드" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AF%D5%B2%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Բրիտանական Վիրջինյան կղզիներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բրիտանական Վիրջինյան կղզիներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B9" title="ब्रिटिश वर्जिन द्वीपसमूह – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ब्रिटिश वर्जिन द्वीपसमूह" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britanski_Djevi%C4%8Danski_otoci" title="Britanski Djevičanski otoci – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Britanski Djevičanski otoci" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Insuli_Britaniana" title="Virgin Insuli Britaniana – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Virgin Insuli Britaniana" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="ব্রিটিশ ভার্জিন দ্বীপমালা – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ব্রিটিশ ভার্জিন দ্বীপমালা" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepulauan_Virgin_Britania_Raya" title="Kepulauan Virgin Britania Raya – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kepulauan Virgin Britania Raya" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%8B_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%B0%D0%B4%C3%A6%D1%85%D1%82%C3%A6" title="Британийы Виргины сакъадæхтæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Британийы Виргины сакъадæхтæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bresku_J%C3%B3mfr%C3%BAaeyjar" title="Bresku Jómfrúaeyjar – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Bresku Jómfrúaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isole_Vergini_Britanniche" title="Isole Vergini Britanniche – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Isole Vergini Britanniche" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D" title="איי הבתולה הבריטיים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="איי הבתולה הבריטיים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapuloan_Virgin_Britania_Raya" title="Kapuloan Virgin Britania Raya – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kapuloan Virgin Britania Raya" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AF%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="ბრიტანეთის ვირჯინის კუნძულები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბრიტანეთის ვირჯინის კუნძულები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Британдық Вирджин аралдары – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Британдық Вирджин аралдары" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynysow_an_Wyrghes_Predennek" title="Ynysow an Wyrghes Predennek – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Ynysow an Wyrghes Predennek" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibirwa_bya_Virigini_Nyongereza" title="Ibirwa bya Virigini Nyongereza – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Ibirwa bya Virigini Nyongereza" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visiwa_vya_Virgin_vya_Uingereza" title="Visiwa vya Virgin vya Uingereza – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Visiwa vya Virgin vya Uingereza" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Vi%C3%A8j_britanik" title="Il Vièj britanik – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Il Vièj britanik" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zil_Vy%C3%A8rj_britanik" title="Zil Vyèrj britanik – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Zil Vyèrj britanik" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girav%C3%AAn_V%C3%AErj%C3%AEn_%C3%AAn_Br%C3%AEtanyay%C3%AA" title="Giravên Vîrjîn ên Brîtanyayê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Giravên Vîrjîn ên Brîtanyayê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijules_Vergins_Britaniches" title="Ijules Vergins Britaniches – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Ijules Vergins Britaniches" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgineae_insulae_Britannicae" title="Virgineae insulae Britannicae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Virgineae insulae Britannicae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britu_Vird%C5%BE%C4%ABnas" title="Britu Virdžīnas – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Britu Virdžīnas" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittesch_Joffereninselen" title="Brittesch Joffereninselen – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Brittesch Joffereninselen" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergeli%C5%B3_Salos_(Did%C5%BEioji_Britanija)" title="Mergelių Salos (Didžioji Britanija) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mergelių Salos (Didžioji Britanija)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoe_Vergini_Britanneghe" title="Isoe Vergini Britanneghe – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Isoe Vergini Britanneghe" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britse_Maagde-Eilen" title="Britse Maagde-Eilen – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Britse Maagde-Eilen" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_Virgin-szigetek" title="Brit Virgin-szigetek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Brit Virgin-szigetek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Британски Девствени Острови – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Британски Девствени Острови" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BE" title="ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് വിർജിൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് വിർജിൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B9" title="ब्रिटिश व्हर्जिन द्वीपसमूह – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ब्रिटिश व्हर्जिन द्वीपसमूह" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AF%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="ბრიტანეთიშ ვირჯინიშ კოკეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბრიტანეთიშ ვირჯინიშ კოკეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87" title="جزر العذراء البريطانيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جزر العذراء البريطانيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بریتانیا ویرجین – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="بریتانیا ویرجین" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepulauan_Virgin_British" title="Kepulauan Virgin British – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kepulauan Virgin British" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%ACng-gu%C3%B3k_li%C4%81ng_Virgin_G%C3%B9ng-d%C5%8D%CC%A4" title="Ĭng-guók liāng Virgin Gùng-dō̤ – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Ĭng-guók liāng Virgin Gùng-dō̤" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britse_Maagdeneilanden" title="Britse Maagdeneilanden – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Britse Maagdeneilanden" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E9%A0%98%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6" title="イギリス領ヴァージン諸島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イギリス領ヴァージン諸島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%B3%D3%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Британин Виргинийн гӀайренаш – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Британин Виргинийн гӀайренаш" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britisk_Jongfoomen_Eilunen" title="Britisk Jongfoomen Eilunen – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Britisk Jongfoomen Eilunen" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih mw-list-item"><a href="https://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dem_British_Virgin_Ailen" title="Dem British Virgin Ailen – Norfuk / Pitkern" lang="pih" hreflang="pih" data-title="Dem British Virgin Ailen" data-language-autonym="Norfuk / Pitkern" data-language-local-name="Norfuk / Pitkern" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norfuk / Pitkern</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_britiske_Jomfru%C3%B8yer" title="De britiske Jomfruøyer – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="De britiske Jomfruøyer" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dei_britiske_Jomfru%C3%B8yane" title="Dei britiske Jomfruøyane – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Dei britiske Jomfruøyane" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britani_Virja_Isles" title="Britani Virja Isles – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Britani Virja Isles" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illas_Verges_Britanicas" title="Illas Verges Britanicas – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Illas Verges Britanicas" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AC%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%9F%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%B6_%E0%AC%AD%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%9C%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A8_%E0%AC%A6%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%B1%E0%AD%80%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%AA%E0%AD%81%E0%AC%9E%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%9C" title="ବ୍ରିଟିଶ ଭର୍ଜିନ ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ବ୍ରିଟିଶ ଭର୍ଜିନ ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britaniya_Virgin_orollari" title="Britaniya Virgin orollari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Britaniya Virgin orollari" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%82" title="ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ ਵਰਜਿਨ ਟਾਪੂ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ ਵਰਜਿਨ ਟਾਪੂ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%92" title="برطانوی ورجن جزیرے – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="برطانوی ورجن جزیرے" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="British Virgin Islands" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Voerjin_Ailanz" title="British Voerjin Ailanz – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="British Voerjin Ailanz" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_Vierches_britanniques" title="Îles Vierches britanniques – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Îles Vierches britanniques" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britsche_Jumferninseln" title="Britsche Jumferninseln – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Britsche Jumferninseln" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brytyjskie_Wyspy_Dziewicze" title="Brytyjskie Wyspy Dziewicze – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Brytyjskie Wyspy Dziewicze" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilhas_Virgens_Brit%C3%A2nicas" title="Ilhas Virgens Britânicas – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ilhas Virgens Britânicas" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulele_Virgine_Britanice" title="Insulele Virgine Britanice – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Insulele Virgine Britanice" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_(%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Виргинские Острова (Великобритания) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Виргинские Острова (Великобритания)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ing-su_Wi-cin_subalan" title="Ing-su Wi-cin subalan – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Ing-su Wi-cin subalan" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishujt_e_Virgj%C3%ABr_Britanik%C3%AB" title="Ishujt e Virgjër Britanikë – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Ishujt e Virgjër Britanikë" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Csuli_Virgini_brit%C3%A0nnichi" title="Ìsuli Virgini britànnichi – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Ìsuli Virgini britànnichi" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="British Virgin Islands" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britsk%C3%A9_Panensk%C3%A9_ostrovy" title="Britské Panenské ostrovy – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Britské Panenské ostrovy" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britanski_Devi%C5%A1ki_otoki" title="Britanski Deviški otoki – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Britanski Deviški otoki" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Британска Девичанска Острва – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Британска Девичанска Острва" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britanski_Djevi%C4%8Danski_otoci" title="Britanski Djevičanski otoci – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Britanski Djevičanski otoci" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapuloan_Virgin_Britania" title="Kapuloan Virgin Britania – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Kapuloan Virgin Britania" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittil%C3%A4iset_Neitsytsaaret" title="Brittiläiset Neitsytsaaret – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Brittiläiset Neitsytsaaret" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittiska_Jungfru%C3%B6arna" title="Brittiska Jungfruöarna – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Brittiska Jungfruöarna" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britanikong_Kapuluang_Birhenes" title="Britanikong Kapuluang Birhenes – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Britanikong Kapuluang Birhenes" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D" title="பிரித்தானிய கன்னித் தீவுகள் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பிரித்தானிய கன்னித் தீவுகள்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A3%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Британия Виргин Утраулары – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Британия Виргин Утраулары" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%B0%E1%82%87%E1%81%B5%E1%80%AF%E1%81%BC%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%9D%E1%82%83%E1%82%87%E1%81%B5%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AD%E1%81%BC%E1%80%BA%E1%82%87_%E1%81%B6%E1%80%BD%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A2%E1%80%AD%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%81%B5%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B5%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%82%88" title="မူႇၵုၼ် ဝႃႇၵျိၼ်ႇ ၶွင်ဢိင်းၵလဵတ်ႈ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="မူႇၵုၼ် ဝႃႇၵျိၼ်ႇ ၶွင်ဢိင်းၵလဵတ်ႈ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%90%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D" title="బ్రిటిష్ వర్జిన్ ఐలండ్స్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="బ్రిటిష్ వర్జిన్ ఐలండ్స్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%88%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99" title="หมู่เกาะบริติชเวอร์จิน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="หมู่เกาะบริติชเวอร์จิน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-to mw-list-item"><a href="https://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBOtumotu_Vilikini_fakapilit%C4%81nia" title="ʻOtumotu Vilikini fakapilitānia – Tongan" lang="to" hreflang="to" data-title="ʻOtumotu Vilikini fakapilitānia" data-language-autonym="Lea faka-Tonga" data-language-local-name="Tongan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lea faka-Tonga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://chr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8F%88%E1%8F%97%E1%8F%8D_%E1%8F%AE%E1%8F%A5%E1%8F%82_%E1%8E%A4%E1%8E%A6%E1%8F%9A%E1%8F%9B" title="ᏈᏗᏍ ᏮᏥᏂ ᎤᎦᏚᏛ – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="ᏈᏗᏍ ᏮᏥᏂ ᎤᎦᏚᏛ" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᏣᎳᎩ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britanya_Virjin_Adalar%C4%B1" title="Britanya Virjin Adaları – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Britanya Virjin Adaları" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Британські Віргінські Острови – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Британські Віргінські Острови" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%86" title="برطانوی جزائر ورجن – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="برطانوی جزائر ورجن" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%84%D9%89%D9%8A%D9%89%DA%AF%DB%95_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%89%D9%82_%DB%8B%D9%89%D8%B1%DA%AF%D9%89%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%89%D9%85_%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%89%D8%B1%D9%89" title="ئەنگلىيىگە قاراشلىق ۋىرگىن تاقىم ئاراللىرى – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="ئەنگلىيىگە قاراشلىق ۋىرگىن تاقىم ئاراللىرى" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li 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.infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.25em}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-official-below{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-other{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-caption{padding-top:0.4em}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-nick,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-motto{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-largest,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-lang{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-ethnic,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-religion,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-elevation{display:inline;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}</style><table class="infobox ib-pol-div vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Virgin Islands</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British Overseas Territory</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Virgin Islands"><img alt="Flag of Virgin Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/130px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="130" 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Vigilant"</span>)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Anthem</b>: "<a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_King" title="God Save the King">God Save the King</a>"<div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;"></div><br /><div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="64" data-mwtitle="United_States_Navy_Band_-_God_Save_the_Queen.oga" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/United_States_Navy_Band_-_God_Save_the_Queen.oga" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/United_States_Navy_Band_-_God_Save_the_Queen.oga/United_States_Navy_Band_-_God_Save_the_Queen.oga.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" 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href="/wiki/File:British_Virgin_Islands_on_the_globe_(Americas_centered).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of British Virgin Islands (circled in red)"><img alt="Location of British Virgin Islands (circled in red)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/British_Virgin_Islands_on_the_globe_%28Americas_centered%29.svg/290px-British_Virgin_Islands_on_the_globe_%28Americas_centered%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="290" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/British_Virgin_Islands_on_the_globe_%28Americas_centered%29.svg/435px-British_Virgin_Islands_on_the_globe_%28Americas_centered%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/British_Virgin_Islands_on_the_globe_%28Americas_centered%29.svg/580px-British_Virgin_Islands_on_the_globe_%28Americas_centered%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="797" data-file-height="797" /></a></span><div class="ib-pol-div-caption"><div style="text-align:center;line-height:1.15em;">Location of British Virgin Islands (circled in red)</div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Virgin_Islands_locator.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Virgin Islands"><img alt="Location of Virgin Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/British_Virgin_Islands_locator.svg/250px-British_Virgin_Islands_locator.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/British_Virgin_Islands_locator.svg/375px-British_Virgin_Islands_locator.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/British_Virgin_Islands_locator.svg/500px-British_Virgin_Islands_locator.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="670" data-file-height="547" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Before annexation</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_West_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch West Indies">Dutch West Indies</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">British capture</th><td class="infobox-data">1672</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Separate colony</th><td class="infobox-data">1960</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Autonomy</th><td class="infobox-data">1967</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<div class="ib-pol-div-largest">and largest city</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Road_Town" title="Road Town">Road Town</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a 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class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">Monarch</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Governor of the Virgin Islands">Governor</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Pruce" title="Daniel Pruce">Daniel Pruce</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Governor_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Deputy Governor of the British Virgin Islands">Deputy Governor</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">David Archer</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Premier of the Virgin Islands">Premier</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Natalio_Wheatley" title="Natalio Wheatley">Natalio Wheatley</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Assembly_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands">House of Assembly</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Europe,_North_America_and_Overseas_Territories" title="Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories">Minister</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Doughty" title="Stephen Doughty">Stephen Doughty</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Geography of the British Virgin Islands">Area</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">153 km<sup>2</sup> (59 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Water (%)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1.6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-pol-div-elevation"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">521 m (1,709 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Demographics of the British Virgin Islands">Population</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• 2019 estimate</div></th><td class="infobox-data">30,030 (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">222nd</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• 2010 census</div></th><td class="infobox-data">28,054<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Density</div></th><td class="infobox-data">260/km<sup>2</sup> (673.4/sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density" title="List of countries and dependencies by population density">68th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2017 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$500 million<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceD_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$34,200</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">United States dollar</a> (US$) (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">USD</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-4:00" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-4:00">UTC-4:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Time_Zone" title="Atlantic Time Zone">AST</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date format</th><td class="infobox-data">dd/mm/yyyy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Driving side</a></th><td class="infobox-data">left</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Telephone numbers in the British Virgin Islands">Calling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">+1</a>-<a href="/wiki/Area_code_284" title="Area code 284">284</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in the Pitcairn Islands">UK postcode</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="postal-code">VG-11xx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:VG" title="ISO 3166-2:VG">VG</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.vg" title=".vg">.vg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://gov.vg/">https://gov.vg/</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>British Virgin Islands</b> (<b>BVI</b>),<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> officially the <b>Virgin Islands</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are a <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British Overseas Territory</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, to the east of <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">US Virgin Islands</a> and north-west of <a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a>. The islands are geographically part of the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands archipelago</a> and are located in the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands" title="Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> and part of the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a>. </p><p>The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of <a href="/wiki/Tortola" title="Tortola">Tortola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Gorda" title="Virgin Gorda">Virgin Gorda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anegada" title="Anegada">Anegada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jost_Van_Dyke" title="Jost Van Dyke">Jost Van Dyke</a>, along with more than 50 other smaller islands and <a href="/wiki/Cay" title="Cay">cays</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 16 of the islands are inhabited.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The capital, <a href="/wiki/Road_Town" title="Road Town">Road Town</a>, is on Tortola, the largest island, which is about 20 km (12 mi) long and 5 km (3 mi) wide. The islands had a population of 28,054 at the 2010 Census, of whom 23,491 lived on Tortola;<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> current estimates put the population at 35,802 (July 2018).<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>British Virgin Islanders are <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories_citizen" title="British Overseas Territories citizen">British Overseas Territories citizens</a> and since 2002, are also <a href="/wiki/British_nationality_law" title="British nationality law">British citizens</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The islands were named "Santa Úrsula y las Once Mil Vírgenes" by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> in 1493 after the legend of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Ursula" title="Saint Ursula">Saint Ursula</a> and the 11,000 virgins.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was later shortened to "the Virgin Islands".<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The official name of the territory is still simply the "Virgin Islands", but the prefix "British" is often used. This is commonly believed to distinguish it from the neighbouring American territory which changed its name from the "<a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indies" title="Danish West Indies">Danish West Indies</a>" to "<a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Islands of the United States">Virgin Islands of the United States</a>" in 1917. However, local historians have disputed this, pointing to a variety of publications and public records dating from between 21 February 1857 and 12 September 1919 where the territory is referred to as the <i>British</i> Virgin Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-Moll_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moll-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> British Virgin Islands government publications continue to begin with the name "The territory of the Virgin Islands", and <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="British Virgin Islands passport">the territory's passports</a> simply refer to the "Virgin Islands", and all laws begin with the words "Virgin Islands". Moreover, the territory's Constitutional Commission has expressed the view that "every effort should be made" to encourage the use of the name "Virgin Islands".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But various public and quasi-public bodies continue to use the name "British Virgin Islands" or "BVI", including BVI Finance, BVI Electricity Corporation, BVI Tourist Board, BVI Athletic Association, <a href="/wiki/BVI_Bar_Association" title="BVI Bar Association">BVI Bar Association</a> and others. </p><p>In 1968 the British Government issued a memorandum requiring that the postage stamps in the territory should say "British Virgin Islands" (whereas previously they had simply stated "Virgin Islands"), a practice which is still followed today.<sup id="cite_ref-Moll_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moll-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was likely to prevent confusion following on from the adoption of US currency in the territory in 1959, and the references to US currency on the stamps of the territory. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="History of the British Virgin Islands">History of the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <p>It is generally thought that the Virgin Islands were first settled by the <a href="/wiki/Arawak" title="Arawak">Arawak</a> from South America around 100 BC to AD 200, though there is some evidence of <a href="/wiki/Amerindian" class="mw-redirect" title="Amerindian">Amerindian</a> presence on the islands as far back as 1500 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Arawaks inhabited the islands until the 15th century when they were displaced by the <a href="/wiki/Kalinago" title="Kalinago">Kalinago</a> (Island Caribs), a tribe from the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> islands. </p><p>The first European sighting of the Virgin Islands was by the Spanish expedition of <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> in 1493 on his second voyage to the Americas, who gave the islands their modern name.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish Empire</a> claimed the islands by discovery in the early 16th century, but never settled them, and subsequent years saw the English, Dutch, French, Spanish, and Danish all jostling for control of the region, which became a notorious haunt for <a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Piracy in the British Virgin Islands">pirates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is no record of any native Amerindian population in the British Virgin Islands during this period; it is thought that they either fled to safer islands or were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Dutch established a <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Virgin_Islands" title="Dutch Virgin Islands">permanent settlement</a> on the island of <a href="/wiki/Tortola" title="Tortola">Tortola</a> by 1648,<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> frequently clashing with the Spanish who were based on nearby Puerto Rico. In 1672, the English captured Tortola from the Dutch, and the English annexation of <a href="/wiki/Anegada" title="Anegada">Anegada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Gorda" title="Virgin Gorda">Virgin Gorda</a> followed in 1680.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, over the period 1672–1733, the Danish gained control of the nearby islands of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">Saint Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands">Saint John</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands">Saint Croix</a> (i.e. the modern US Virgin Islands). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Phillips_Church,_Tortola.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/St_Phillips_Church%2C_Tortola.jpg/260px-St_Phillips_Church%2C_Tortola.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/St_Phillips_Church%2C_Tortola.jpg/390px-St_Phillips_Church%2C_Tortola.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/St_Phillips_Church%2C_Tortola.jpg/520px-St_Phillips_Church%2C_Tortola.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>The ruins of <a href="/wiki/St._Phillip%27s_Anglican_Church_(British_Virgin_Islands)" title="St. Phillip's Anglican Church (British Virgin Islands)">St. Phillip's Church, Tortola</a>, one of the most important historical ruins in the territory</figcaption></figure> <p>The British islands were considered principally a strategic possession. The British introduced <a href="/wiki/Sugar_cane" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar cane">sugar cane</a> which was to become the main crop and source of foreign trade, and large numbers of <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Slavery in the British Virgin Islands">slaves</a> were forcibly brought from Africa to work on the sugar cane plantations.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands prospered economically until the middle of the nineteenth century, when a combination of the <a href="/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery" class="mw-redirect" title="Abolition of slavery">abolition of slavery</a> in the British Empire in 1834, a series of disastrous hurricanes, and the growth in the <a href="/wiki/Sugar_beet" title="Sugar beet">sugar beet</a> crop in Europe and the United States<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> significantly reduced sugar cane production and led to a period of economic decline.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1917, the United States purchased the <a href="/wiki/Danish_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish Virgin Islands">Danish Virgin Islands</a> for US$25 million, renaming them the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a>. Economic linkages with the US islands prompted the British Virgin Islands to adopt the US dollar as its currency in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The British Virgin Islands were administered variously as part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Leeward_Islands" title="British Leeward Islands">British Leeward Islands</a> or with <a href="/wiki/St._Kitts_and_Nevis" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Kitts and Nevis">St. Kitts and Nevis</a>, with an administrator representing the British Government on the islands.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands gained separate colony status in 1960 and became autonomous in 1967 under the new post of Chief Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the 1960s, the islands have diversified away from their traditionally agriculture-based economy towards tourism and financial services, becoming one of the wealthiest areas in the Caribbean.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The constitution of the islands was amended in 1977, 2004 and 2007, giving them greater local autonomy.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017 <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Irma" title="Hurricane Irma">Hurricane Irma</a> <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Irma_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Effects of Hurricane Irma in the British Virgin Islands">struck the islands</a>, causing four deaths and immense damage.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Geography of the British Virgin Islands">Geography of the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GB_Virgin_Islands.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/GB_Virgin_Islands.png/500px-GB_Virgin_Islands.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/GB_Virgin_Islands.png 1.5x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Map of the British Virgin Islands (Note: Anegada is farther away from the other islands than shown)</figcaption></figure> <p>The British Virgin Islands comprise around 60 tropical Caribbean islands, ranging in size from the largest, Tortola, being 20 km (12 mi) long and 5 km (3 mi) wide, to tiny uninhabited <a href="/wiki/Islet" title="Islet">islets</a>, altogether about 150 square kilometres (58 square miles) in extent. They are located in the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands archipelago</a>, a few miles east of the <a href="/wiki/US_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="US Virgin Islands">US Virgin Islands</a>, and about 95 km (59 mi) from the <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rican</a> mainland. About 150 km (93 mi) east south-east lies <a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">North Atlantic Ocean</a> lies to the east of the islands, and the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a> lies to the west. Most of the islands are volcanic in origin and have a hilly, rugged terrain.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest point is <a href="/wiki/Mount_Sage" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Sage">Mount Sage</a> on Tortola at 521m.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anegada is geologically distinct from the rest of the group, being a flat island composed of limestone and coral.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The British Virgin Islands contain the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands_moist_forests" title="Leeward Islands moist forests">Leeward Islands moist forests</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands_xeric_scrub" title="Leeward Islands xeric scrub">Leeward Islands xeric scrub</a> terrestrial ecoregions.<sup id="cite_ref-DinersteinOlson2017_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DinersteinOlson2017-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the British Virgin Islands <a href="/wiki/Forest_cover" title="Forest cover">forest cover</a> is around 24% of the total land area, equivalent to 3,620 hectares (ha) of forest in 2020, down from 3,710 hectares (ha) in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of the British Virgin Islands">Climate of the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1008px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Virgin_Islands_WV_banner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/British_Virgin_Islands_WV_banner.jpg/1000px-British_Virgin_Islands_WV_banner.jpg" decoding="async" width="1000" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/British_Virgin_Islands_WV_banner.jpg/1500px-British_Virgin_Islands_WV_banner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/British_Virgin_Islands_WV_banner.jpg/2000px-British_Virgin_Islands_WV_banner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="12117" data-file-height="1740" /></a></span></div></div></div> <p>The British Virgin Islands have a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_rainforest_climate" title="Tropical rainforest climate">tropical rainforest climate</a>, moderated by <a href="/wiki/Trade_winds" title="Trade winds">trade winds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Temperatures vary little throughout the year. In the capital, <a href="/wiki/Road_Town" title="Road Town">Road Town</a>, typical daily maxima are around 32 °C (89.6 °F) in the summer and 29 °C (84.2 °F) in the winter. Typical daily minima are around 26 °C (78.8 °F) in the summer and 23 °C (73.4 °F) in the winter. Rainfall averages about 1,150 mm (45.3 in) per year, higher in the hills and lower on the coast. Rainfall can be quite variable, but the wettest months on average are September to November and the driest months on average are February and March. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Cyril E. King Airport (1991–2020 normals) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.8<br />(85.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(87.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(89.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(78.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.9<br />(82.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.5<br />(83.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(77.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67<br />(2.64) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(1.90) </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47<br />(1.86) </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57<br />(2.24) </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77<br />(3.02) </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60<br />(2.35) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74<br />(2.91) </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">111<br />(4.37) </td> <td style="background: #1818FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">150<br />(5.89) </td> <td style="background: #3737FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">134<br />(5.28) </td> <td style="background: #1111FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">154<br />(6.06) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74<br />(2.93) </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,053<br />(41.45) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.0 </td> <td style="background: #4848FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.5 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9 </td> <td style="background: #4848FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.8 </td> <td style="background: #3C3CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.8 </td> <td style="background: #3D3DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.2 </td> <td style="background: #2929FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.3 </td> <td style="background: #1313FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18.5 </td> <td style="background: #2828FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.4 </td> <td style="background: #4B4BFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">171.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="These sources are for U.S. virgin Islands, not the British ones, so the data is not reliable (April 2024)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hurricanes">Hurricanes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hurricanes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hurricanes occasionally hit the islands, with the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_hurricane_season" title="Atlantic hurricane season">Atlantic hurricane season</a> running from June to November. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hurricane_Irma">Hurricane Irma</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hurricane Irma"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Irma_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Effects of Hurricane Irma in the British Virgin Islands">Effects of Hurricane Irma in the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Main_Street_Road_Town_after_Hurricane_Irma.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Main_Street_Road_Town_after_Hurricane_Irma.jpg/220px-Main_Street_Road_Town_after_Hurricane_Irma.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Main_Street_Road_Town_after_Hurricane_Irma.jpg/330px-Main_Street_Road_Town_after_Hurricane_Irma.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Main_Street_Road_Town_after_Hurricane_Irma.jpg/440px-Main_Street_Road_Town_after_Hurricane_Irma.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption>Damage in Road Town following Hurricane Irma</figcaption></figure> <p>On 6 September 2017, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Irma" title="Hurricane Irma">Hurricane Irma</a> struck the islands, causing extensive damage, especially on Tortola, and killing four people.<sup id="cite_ref-metro.co.uk_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metro.co.uk-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Disaster_Emergency_Management_Agency" title="Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency">Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency</a> declared a state of emergency.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Visiting Tortola on 13 September 2017, UK Foreign Secretary <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> said that he was reminded of photos of Hiroshima after it had been hit by the atom bomb.<sup id="cite_ref-sky.com_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sky.com-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Post_Hurricane_Maria_work_starts_on_BVI_MOD_45162994.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Post_Hurricane_Maria_work_starts_on_BVI_MOD_45162994.jpg/220px-Post_Hurricane_Maria_work_starts_on_BVI_MOD_45162994.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Post_Hurricane_Maria_work_starts_on_BVI_MOD_45162994.jpg/330px-Post_Hurricane_Maria_work_starts_on_BVI_MOD_45162994.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Post_Hurricane_Maria_work_starts_on_BVI_MOD_45162994.jpg/440px-Post_Hurricane_Maria_work_starts_on_BVI_MOD_45162994.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2025" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Maria" title="Hurricane Maria">Hurricane Maria</a> struck a week after Hurricane Irma</figcaption></figure> <p>By 8 September, the UK government sent troops with medical supplies and other aid.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More troops were expected to arrive a day or two later, but <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ocean_(L12)" title="HMS Ocean (L12)">HMS <i>Ocean</i></a>, carrying more extensive assistance, was not expected to reach the islands for another two weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Entrepreneur <a href="/wiki/Richard_Branson" title="Richard Branson">Richard Branson</a>, a resident of <a href="/wiki/Necker_Island_(British_Virgin_Islands)" title="Necker Island (British Virgin Islands)">Necker Island</a>, called on the UK government to develop a massive disaster recovery plan to include "both through short-term aid and long-term infrastructure spending".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Premier <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Smith" title="Orlando Smith">Orlando Smith</a> also called for a comprehensive aid package to rebuild the territory. On 10 September UK Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> pledged £32 million to the Caribbean for a hurricane relief fund and promised that the UK government would match donations from the public to the British Red Cross appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specifics were not provided to the news media as to the amount that would be allocated to the Virgin Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boris Johnson's visit to Tortola on 13 September 2017 during his Caribbean tour was intended to confirm the UK's commitment to helping restore British islands but he provided no additional comments on the aid package.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did confirm that HMS <i>Ocean</i> had departed for the BVI carrying items like timber, buckets, bottled water, food, baby milk, bedding and clothing, as well as ten pickup trucks, building materials and hardware.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The UK offered to underwrite rebuilding loans up to US$400m as long as there was accountability as to how the monies were spent. Successive NDP and VIP governments declined, despite there having been created a Recovery & Development Authority led by highly skilled infrastructure personnel, many of whom were ex-military with decades of infrastructure rebuilding expertise from war zones and natural disaster sites. Many wealthy residents also proposed a large rebuilding plan, starting with key infrastructure, such as the high school. Nearly five years later, there was no sign of any such rebuilding of the high school or certain other key infrastructure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Politics of the British Virgin Islands">Politics of the British Virgin Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Elections in the British Virgin Islands">Elections in the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_LegCo_Building,_Road_Town.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Old_LegCo_Building%2C_Road_Town.jpg/220px-Old_LegCo_Building%2C_Road_Town.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Old_LegCo_Building%2C_Road_Town.jpg/330px-Old_LegCo_Building%2C_Road_Town.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Old_LegCo_Building%2C_Road_Town.jpg/440px-Old_LegCo_Building%2C_Road_Town.jpg 2x" data-file-width="884" data-file-height="657" /></a><figcaption>Legislative Council building in <a href="/wiki/Road_Town" title="Road Town">Road Town</a>. The High Court sits upstairs.</figcaption></figure> <p>The territory operates as a <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">parliamentary democracy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimate executive authority in the British Virgin Islands is vested in <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">the King</a>, and is exercised on his behalf by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the British Virgin Islands">Governor of the British Virgin Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The governor is appointed by the King on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/British_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="British Government">British Government</a>. Defence and most foreign affairs remain the responsibility of the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Constitution of the British Virgin Islands">most recent constitution</a> was adopted in 2007 (the Virgin Islands Constitution Order, 2007)<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and came into force when the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Council of the British Virgin Islands">Legislative Council</a> was dissolved for the <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands_general_election,_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="British Virgin Islands general election, 2007">2007 general election</a>. The head of government under the constitution is the <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Premier of the British Virgin Islands">Premier</a> (before the new constitution the office was referred to as <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands">Chief Minister</a>), who is elected in a general election along with the other members of the ruling government as well as the members of the opposition. <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Elections in the British Virgin Islands">Elections</a> are held roughly every four years. A <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands">cabinet</a> is nominated by the Premier and appointed and chaired by the Governor. The Legislature consists of the King (represented by the Governor) and a <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> <a href="/wiki/House_of_Assembly_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands">House of Assembly</a> made up of 13 elected members plus the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_House_of_Assembly_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands">Speaker</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands">Attorney General</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current Governor is <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Pruce" title="Daniel Pruce">Daniel Pruce</a> (since 29 January 2024).<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current Premier is <a href="/wiki/Natalio_Wheatley" title="Natalio Wheatley">Natalio Wheatley</a> (since 5 May 2022), who is leader of the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_Party" title="Virgin Islands Party">Virgin Islands Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 June 2022, subordinate UK legislation was made allowing for direct rule for the islands.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the <a href="/wiki/British_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="British Government">British Government</a> decided on that date not to implement direct rule.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subdivisions">Subdivisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Districts of the British Virgin Islands">Districts of the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <p>The British Virgin Islands is a unitary territory. The territory is divided into nine electoral districts, and each voter is registered in one of those districts.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eight of the nine districts are partly or wholly on Tortola, and encompass nearby neighbouring islands. Only the ninth district (Virgin Gorda and Anegada) does not include any part of Tortola. At elections, in addition to voting their local representative, voters also cast votes for four candidates who are elected upon an at-large territory-wide basis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_and_criminal_justice">Law and criminal justice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Law and criminal justice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Law of the British Virgin Islands">Law of the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <p>Crime in the British Virgin Islands is comparatively low by Caribbean standards. Whilst statistics and hard data are relatively rare, and are not regularly published by governmental sources in the British Virgin Islands, the Premier did announce that in 2013 there has been a 14% decline in recorded crime as against 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Homicides are rare,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with just one incident recorded in 2013. </p><p>The Virgin Islands Prison Service operates a single facility, His Majesty's Prison in East End, Tortola.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The British and US Virgin Islands sit at the axis of a major drugs transshipment point between Latin America and the continental United States.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The American <a href="/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration">Drug Enforcement Administration</a> regards the adjacent US territories of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands as a "High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Military_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Military of the British Virgin Islands">Military of the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <p>As a British Overseas territory, defence of the islands is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Economy of the British Virgin Islands">Economy of the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roadtown,_Tortola.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Roadtown%2C_Tortola.jpg/220px-Roadtown%2C_Tortola.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Roadtown%2C_Tortola.jpg/330px-Roadtown%2C_Tortola.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Roadtown%2C_Tortola.jpg/440px-Roadtown%2C_Tortola.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="810" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Road_Town" title="Road Town">Road Town</a>, Tortola, British Virgin Islands</figcaption></figure> <p>The twin pillars of the economy are financial services (60%) and tourism (roughly 40-45% of GDP).<sup id="cite_ref-www2.bviplatinum.com_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www2.bviplatinum.com-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Economically however, financial services associated with the territory's status as an <a href="/wiki/Offshore_financial_centre" title="Offshore financial centre">offshore financial centre</a> are by far the more important.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceD_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 51.8% of the Government's revenue comes directly from licence fees for offshore companies, and considerable further sums are raised directly or indirectly from payroll taxes relating to salaries paid within the trust industry sector (which tend to be higher on average than those paid in the tourism sector).<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The official currency of the British Virgin Islands has been the <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">United States dollar</a> (US$) since 1959, the currency also used by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The British Virgin Islands enjoys one of the more prosperous economies of the Caribbean region, with a per capita average income of around $47,000 (2022 est.)<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although it is common to hear criticism in the British Virgin Islands' press about <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by income equality">income inequality</a>, no serious attempt has been made by economists to calculate a <a href="/wiki/Gini_coefficient" title="Gini coefficient">Gini coefficient</a> or similar measure of income equality for the territory. A report from 2000 suggested that, despite the popular perception, income inequality was actually lower in the British Virgin Islands than in any other <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Eastern_Caribbean_States" title="Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States">OECS state</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although in global terms income equality is higher in the Caribbean than in many other regions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TheBaths_VirginGorda_BVI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/TheBaths_VirginGorda_BVI.jpg/220px-TheBaths_VirginGorda_BVI.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/TheBaths_VirginGorda_BVI.jpg/330px-TheBaths_VirginGorda_BVI.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/TheBaths_VirginGorda_BVI.jpg/440px-TheBaths_VirginGorda_BVI.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/The_Baths" title="The Baths">The Baths</a>, Virgin Gorda</figcaption></figure> <p>Tourism accounts for approximately 45% of national income.<sup id="cite_ref-www2.bviplatinum.com_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www2.bviplatinum.com-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands are a popular destination for US citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-www2.bviplatinum.com_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www2.bviplatinum.com-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tourists frequent the numerous white sand beaches, visit <a href="/wiki/The_Baths" title="The Baths">The Baths on Virgin Gorda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snorkeling" title="Snorkeling">snorkel</a> the <a href="/wiki/Coral_reef" title="Coral reef">coral reefs</a> near Anegada, or experience the well-known bars of Jost Van Dyke. The BVI are known as one of the world's greatest sailing destinations, and charter sailboats are a very popular way to visit less accessible islands. Established in 1972,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the BVI hosts the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A substantial number of the tourists who visit the BVI are <a href="/wiki/Cruise_ship" title="Cruise ship">cruise ship</a> passengers, and although they produce far lower revenue per head than charter boat tourists and hotel based tourists, they are nonetheless important to the substantial - and politically important - taxi driving community. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Financial_services">Financial services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Financial services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Financial services account for over half of the income of the territory. The majority of this revenue is generated by the licensing of <a href="/wiki/Offshore_company" title="Offshore company">offshore companies</a> and related services. The British Virgin Islands is a significant global player in the <a href="/wiki/Offshore_financial_centre" title="Offshore financial centre">offshore financial services industry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2001, financial services in the British Virgin Islands have been regulated by the independent <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands_Financial_Services_Commission" title="British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission">Financial Services Commission</a>. </p><p>The BVI is relied upon for its sophisticated Commercial Court division of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, as well as the more recent BVI Arbitration Centre. Caribbean KCs and British KCs preside over the majority of important cases and the laws of the Virgin Islands are based on English laws, meaning the jurisdiction provides clarity and consistency should parties require commercial disputes to be resolved. Owing to the international nature of BVI companies' operations and asset holdings, the BVI Commercial Court routinely hears highly sophisticated matters at the cutting edge of cross-border litigation and enforcement, where billions of dollars are at issue. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Citco" title="Citco">Citco</a>, also known as the Citco Group of Companies and the Curaçao International Trust Co., is a privately owned global <a href="/wiki/Hedge_fund" title="Hedge fund">hedge fund</a> <a href="/wiki/Business_administration" title="Business administration">administrator</a> headquartered in the British Virgin Islands, founded in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-auto9_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto9-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the world's largest hedge fund administrator, managing over $1 trillion in assets under administration.<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2022, the banking sector of the British Virgin Islands comprised only seven commercial banks<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one restricted bank, 12 authorised custodians, two licensed money services businesses and one licensed financing service provider.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The British Virgin Islands is frequently referred to as a "<a href="/wiki/Tax_haven" title="Tax haven">tax haven</a>" by campaigners and NGOs, including Oxfam. Successive governments in the British Virgin Islands have implemented tax exchange agreements and verified beneficial ownership information of companies following the <a href="/wiki/39th_G8_summit" title="39th G8 summit">2013 G8 summit</a> putting their governance and regulatory regimes far ahead of many "onshore" jurisdictions. </p><p>On 10 September 2013, British Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> said "I do not think it is fair any longer to refer to any of the Overseas Territories or Crown Dependencies as tax havens. They have taken action to make sure that they have fair and open tax systems. It is very important that our focus should now shift to those territories and countries that really are tax havens."<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yet journalist and author for The Economist, Nicholas Shaxson, writes in his 2016 <i>Treasure Islands, tax havens and the men who stole the world</i>: "...Britain sits, spider-like, at the centre of a vast international web of tax havens, which hoover up trillions of dollars' worth of business and capital from around the globe and funnel it up to the City of London. The British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories - ...the British Virgin Islands... are some of the biggest players in the offshore world."(pp. vii-viii) Shaxson points out that despite BVI having fewer than 25000 inhabitants, hosts over 800,000 companies. </p><p>In the April 2016 <a href="/wiki/Panama_Papers" title="Panama Papers">Panama Papers</a> leak, while all of the wrongdoing by Mossack Fonseca personnel occurred in Panama and the US, the British Virgin Islands was by far the most commonly-used jurisdiction by clients of <a href="/wiki/Mossack_Fonseca" title="Mossack Fonseca">Mossack Fonseca</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Poroshenko_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Poroshenko-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, the verified nature of beneficial ownership registers of the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies were a crucial tool in giving effect to <a href="/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine">sanctions against Russia and Belarus</a>, enabling the efficient identification and seizure of yachts, real estate and businesses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act">Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 30 June 2014, The British Virgin Islands<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was deemed to have an Inter- Governmental Agreement (IGA) with the United States of America with respect to the "Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act" of the United States of America. </p><p>The Model 1 Agreement (14 Pages)<sup id="cite_ref-USBVI_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USBVI-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> recognizes that: <i>The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland provided a copy of the Letter of Entrustment which was sent to the Government of the British Virgin Islands, to the Government of the United States of America "via diplomatic note of 28 May 2014".</i> </p><p>The Letter of Entrustment dated 14 July 2010 was originally provided to the Government of the British Virgin Islands and authorised the Government of the BVI "to negotiate and conclude Agreements relating to taxation that provide for exchange of information on tax matters to the OECD standard" (Paragraph 2 of the FATCA Agreement). Via an "Entrustment Letter" dated 24 March 2014, The Government of the United Kingdom, authorised the Government of the BVI to sign an agreement on information exchange to facilitate the Implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.<sup id="cite_ref-USBVI_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USBVI-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 March 2017, the US Treasury site disclosed that the Model 1 agreement and related agreement were "In Force" on 13 July 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sanctions_and_Anti-Money_Laundering_Act">Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the UK Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2018, beneficial ownership of companies in British overseas territories such as the British Virgin Islands must be publicly registered for disclosure by 31 December 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-kmppvap_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kmppvap-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Government of the British Virgin Islands has not yet formally challenged this law, yet has criticised it, noting that it violates the Constitutional sovereignty granted to the islands, and would in practice be relatively ineffective in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing, while raising serious privacy and human rights issues. Further, this would put the British Virgin Islands in a position where it would be at a severe disadvantage because other International Finance Centres do not have this in place, and in the case of the US and the UK, there is very little near-term prospect of the same.<sup id="cite_ref-kmppvap_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kmppvap-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 2022, both of the US and EU appeared to have endorsed the British Overseas Territories' beneficial ownership register regimes.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a judgment dated 22 November 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has at last decided that open public access to the beneficial owner registers of EU member state companies is no longer valid, as it is in contravention of articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the Charter). The US appears to have come to a similar conclusion regarding balancing confidentiality and legitimate privacy with the Anti-Money Laundering advantages of having verified beneficial ownerships registers.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resultant goal appears to be to bring the US in line with the current Cayman and BVI regimes. The UK's Crown Dependencies have already stated that they will not implement public registers without beforehand having received fresh legal advice on the matter and it is thought that the Overseas Territories would logically take a similar position. The UK is yet to come out in support of the BOTs and CDs and their current gold standard regulatory positions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture_and_industry">Agriculture and industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Agriculture and industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Agriculture and industry account for only a small proportion of the islands' GDP.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Agricultural produce includes fruit, vegetables, sugar cane, livestock and poultry, and industries include rum distillation, construction and boat building. Commercial fishing is also practised in the islands' waters.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Workforce">Workforce</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Workforce"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The British Virgin Islands is heavily dependent on migrant workers, and over 50% of all workers on the islands are of a foreign descent. Only 37% of the entire population were born in the territory.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The national labour-force is estimated at 12,770, of whom approximately 59.4% work in the service sector but less than 0.6% are estimated to work in agriculture (the balance working in industry).<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The British Virgin Islands has met challenges in recruiting sufficient numbers in recent years, having been affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria, and having continued to lag behind other jurisdictions in providing a reliable permanent residence regime. This has had a knock-on effect in limiting schooling and amenities when compared to IFCs like Cayman, UAE, Singapore, and Hong Kong. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="CARICOM_status_and_the_CARICOM_Single_Market_Economy">CARICOM status and the CARICOM Single Market Economy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: CARICOM status and the CARICOM Single Market Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2 July 1991, the British Virgin Islands holds Associate Member status in <a href="/wiki/CARICOM_Single_Market_and_Economy" title="CARICOM Single Market and Economy">CARICOM, the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recognition of the CARICOM (Free Movement) Skilled Persons Act which came into effect in July 1997 in some of the CARICOM countries such as Jamaica and which has been adopted in other CARICOM countries,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as Trinidad and Tobago,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is possible that CARICOM nationals who hold the "A Certificate of Recognition of Caribbean Community Skilled Person" may be allowed to work in the BVI under normal working conditions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Transport in the British Virgin Islands">Transport in the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tortola-airport.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Tortola-airport.jpg/220px-Tortola-airport.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Tortola-airport.jpg/330px-Tortola-airport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Tortola-airport.jpg/440px-Tortola-airport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1333" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island</figcaption></figure> <p>There are 113 kilometres (70 mi) of roads. The main airport, <a href="/wiki/Terrance_B._Lettsome_International_Airport" title="Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport">Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport</a>, also known as Beef Island Airport, is located on Beef Island, which lies off the eastern tip of Tortola and is accessible by the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Bridge,_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, British Virgin Islands">Queen Elizabeth II Bridge</a>. <a href="/wiki/Cape_Air" title="Cape Air">Cape Air</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Air_Sunshine" title="Air Sunshine">Air Sunshine</a> are among the airlines offering scheduled service.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Gorda_Airport" title="Virgin Gorda Airport">Virgin Gorda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Auguste_George_Airport" title="Auguste George Airport">Anegada</a> have their own smaller airports. Private air charter services operated by Island Birds Air Charter fly directly to all three islands from any major airport in the Caribbean.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Helicopters are used to get to islands with no runway facilities; Antilles Helicopter Services is the only helicopter service based in the country. </p><p>The main harbour is in <a href="/wiki/Road_Town" title="Road Town">Road Town</a>. There are also ferries that operate within the British Virgin Islands and to the neighbouring United States Virgin Islands. Cars in the British Virgin Islands <a href="/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic#Jurisdictions_with_left-hand_traffic" class="mw-redirect" title="Right- and left-hand traffic">drive on the left</a> just as they do in the United Kingdom and the United States Virgin Islands. However, most cars are <a href="/wiki/Left_hand_drive" class="mw-redirect" title="Left hand drive">left hand drive</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because they are from the United States. The roads are often quite steep, narrow and winding, and ruts, mudslides and rockfall can be a problem when it rains. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Demographics of the British Virgin Islands">Demographics of the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <p>As of the 2010 Census, the population of the territory was 28,054.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Estimates put the population at 35,800 (July 2018) yet in 2022, it is thought to be much less than 30,000 post-Irma and with people having left during COVID lockdowns due to unemployment in the tourism industry.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of the population (76.9%) are <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Afro-Caribbean" class="extiw" title="wikt:Afro-Caribbean">Afro-Caribbean</a>, descended from slaves brought to the islands by the British.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other large ethnic groups include <a href="/wiki/Hispanic" title="Hispanic">Latinos</a> (5.6%), those of <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">European</a> ancestry (5.4%), <a href="/wiki/Multiracial" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial">Mixed</a> ancestry (5.4%) and <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> (2.1%).<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_3-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2010 Census reports: </p> <ul><li>76.9% <a href="/wiki/Afro-Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="Afro-Caribbean">African</a></li> <li>5.6% <a href="/wiki/Hispanic" title="Hispanic">Hispanic</a></li> <li>5.4% <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">European/Caucasian</a></li> <li>5.4% <a href="/wiki/Multiracial" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial">Mixed</a></li> <li>2.1% <a href="/wiki/Indo-Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Caribbean">East Indian</a></li> <li>4.6% Others*</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">*Includes <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_people_of_the_Americas" class="mw-redirect" title="Indigenous people of the Americas">Carib/Amerindian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Filipinos" title="Filipinos">Filipinos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a></span> </p><p>The 2010 Census reports the main places of origin of residents as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>39.1% local born (though many locals go to St. Thomas or the United States for maternity services)<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>7.2% Guyana</li> <li>7.0% St. Vincent and the Grenadines</li> <li>6.0% Jamaica</li> <li>5.5% United States</li> <li>5.4% Dominican Republic</li> <li>5.3% United States Virgin Islands</li></ul> <p>The islands are heavily dependent upon migrant labour. In 2004, migrant workers accounted for 50% of the total population.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 32% of workers employed in the British Virgin Islands work for the government.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 2000s the first <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Filipino_Worker" title="Overseas Filipino Worker">Overseas Filipino Worker</a> came to the British Virgin Islands, by 2020 total <a href="/wiki/Filipinos_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Filipinos in the United Kingdom">British Filipino</a> population was about 800.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unusually, the territory has one of the highest drowning mortality rates in the world, being higher than other high-risk countries such as China and India.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 20% of deaths in the British Virgin Islands during 2012 were recorded as drownings,<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all of them being tourists. Despite this, the territory's most popular beach still has no lifeguard presence.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2010.jpg/220px-Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2010.jpg/330px-Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2010.jpg/440px-Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Jost Van Dyke Methodist Church in 2010</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2019.jpg/220px-Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2019.jpg/330px-Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2019.jpg/440px-Jost_Van_Dyke_Methodist_Church_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Jost Van Dyke Methodist Church in 2019, after Hurricane Irma</figcaption></figure> <p>Over 90% of the population who indicated a religious affiliation at the 2010 Census were Christian<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceC_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2010census_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010census-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the largest individual Christian denominations being <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a> (17.6%),<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceC_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a> (9.5%), <a href="/wiki/Church_of_God_(Cleveland,_Tennessee)" title="Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)">Church of God</a> (10.4%), Seventh-Day Adventists (9.0%) and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> (8.9%).<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2010census_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010census-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest non-Christian faiths in 2010 were Hinduism (1.9%) and Islam (0.9%).<sup id="cite_ref-2010census_79-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010census-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslims</a> constitute each approximately 1.2% of the population according to Word Religion Database 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Constitution of the British Virgin Islands">Constitution of the British Virgin Islands</a> commences with a professed national belief in <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religion by % of population<br />(National Census 2010)<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Denomination </th> <th>2010 </th> <th>2001 </th> <th>1991 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Methodist</td> <td>17.6</td> <td>22.7</td> <td>32.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Church of God</td> <td>10.4</td> <td>11.4</td> <td>9.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anglican</td> <td>9.5</td> <td>11.6</td> <td>16.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Seventh Day Adventist</td> <td>9.0</td> <td>8.4</td> <td>6.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Roman Catholic</td> <td>8.9</td> <td>9.5</td> <td>10.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pentecostal</td> <td>8.2</td> <td>9.1</td> <td>4.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>None</td> <td>7.9</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>3.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Baptist</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>8.2</td> <td>4.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>4.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jehovah's Witnesses</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>2.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Not stated</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>1.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hindu</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Muslim</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rastafarian</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Moravian</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Presbyterian</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Buddhist</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jewish</td> <td>0.04</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bahai</td> <td>0.04</td> <td>0.03</td> <td>0.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brethren</td> <td>-</td> <td>0.03</td> <td>0.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Salvation Army</td> <td>-</td> <td>0.03</td> <td>0.04 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Education in the British Virgin Islands">Education in the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <p>The British Virgin Islands operates several government schools as well as private schools. There is also a community college, <a href="/wiki/H._Lavity_Stoutt_Community_College" title="H. Lavity Stoutt Community College">H. Lavity Stoutt Community College</a>, that is located on the eastern end of Tortola. This college was named after <a href="/wiki/Lavity_Stoutt" class="mw-redirect" title="Lavity Stoutt">Lavity Stoutt</a>, the first Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There remains segregation in the school system; while BVIslander and <a href="/wiki/Belonger" class="mw-redirect" title="Belonger">Belonger</a> children make up a significant proportion of pupils in private schools, Non-Belongers are prohibited from attending government schools. It is extremely common for students from the British Virgin Islands to travel overseas for secondary and tertiary education, either to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_West_Indies" title="University of the West Indies">University of the West Indies</a>, or to colleges and universities in either the United Kingdom, United States or Canada. Coaching in certain sports, such as athletics, squash and football is of a high level. </p><p>The literacy rate in the British Virgin Islands is high at 98%.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is a <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_West_Indies" title="University of the West Indies">University of the West Indies</a> Open campus in the territory and a Marine Science educational facility.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Culture of the Virgin Islands">Culture of the Virgin Islands</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_Creole" title="Virgin Islands Creole">Virgin Islands Creole</a></div> <p>The primary language is <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, although there is a <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_Creole" title="Virgin Islands Creole">local dialect</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI_5-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_-_BVI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spanish is spoken by <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rican people">Puerto Rican</a>, <a href="/wiki/People_of_the_Dominican_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="People of the Dominican Republic">Dominican</a> and other Hispanic immigrants. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Music of the Virgin Islands">Music of the Virgin Islands</a></div> <p>The traditional music of the British Virgin Islands is called <i>fungi</i> after the local <a href="/wiki/Cornmeal" title="Cornmeal">cornmeal</a> dish with the same name, often made with <a href="/wiki/Okra" title="Okra">okra</a>. The special sound of fungi is due to a unique local fusion between African and European music. The fungi bands, also called "scratch bands", use instruments ranging from <a href="/wiki/Calabash" title="Calabash">calabash</a>, washboard, <a href="/wiki/Bongo_drum" title="Bongo drum">bongos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ukulele" title="Ukulele">ukulele</a>, to more traditional western instruments like keyboard, banjo, guitar, bass, triangle and saxophone. Apart from being a form of festive dance music, fungi often contains humorous social commentaries, as well as BVI oral history.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_the_West_Indies" title="Cricket in the West Indies">Cricket in the West Indies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Football in the British Virgin Islands">Football in the British Virgin Islands</a></div> <p>Because of its location and climate, the British Virgin Islands has long been a haven for sailing enthusiasts. Sailing is regarded as one of the foremost sports in all of the BVI. Calm waters and steady breezes provide some of the best sailing conditions in the Caribbean.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many sailing events are held in the waters of this country, the largest of which is a week-long series of races called the Spring Regatta, the premier sailing event of the Caribbean, with several races hosted each day. Boats include everything from full-size mono-hull yachts to dinghies. Captains and their crews come from all around the world to attend these races. The Spring Regatta is part race, part party, part festival. The Spring Regatta is normally held during the first week of April.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2009, the BVI have made a name for themselves as a host of international basketball events. 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/british-virgin-islands">"British Virgin Islands"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook">The World Factbook</a></i> (2024 ed.). <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a>. 22 April 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+World+Factbook&rft.atitle=British+Virgin+Islands&rft.date=2022-04-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fcountries%2Fbritish-virgin-islands&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/download/factbook-2022.zip">(Archived 2022 edition.)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cia.gov-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cia.gov_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia.gov_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia.gov_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia.gov_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia.gov_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia.gov_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia.gov_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia.gov_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia.gov_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia.gov_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia.gov_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a 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International Migration Programme, International Labour Office. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/92-2-113282-X" title="Special:BookSources/92-2-113282-X"><bdi>92-2-113282-X</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/493627212">493627212</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Skilled+labour+migration+from+developing+countries+study+on+the+Caribbean+Region&rft.pub=International+Migration+Programme%2C+International+Labour+Office&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F493627212&rft.isbn=92-2-113282-X&rft.au=Thomas-Hope%2C+Elizabeth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRogers2020" class="citation news cs1">Rogers, Freeman (27 August 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cijn.org/in-bvi-pandemic-leaves-many-filipinos-in-limbo/">"In BVI, Pandemic Hits Filipinos Hard"</a>. <i>Caribbean Investigative Journalis Network</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 October</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Caribbean+Investigative+Journalis+Network&rft.atitle=In+BVI%2C+Pandemic+Hits+Filipinos+Hard&rft.date=2020-08-27&rft.aulast=Rogers&rft.aufirst=Freeman&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cijn.org%2Fin-bvi-pandemic-leaves-many-filipinos-in-limbo%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.usla.org/resource/resmgr/lifeguard_library/drowningfactsheetwhosep03.pdf">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Drowning", publication World Health Organization"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.usla.org/resource/resmgr/lifeguard_library/drowningfactsheetwhosep03.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 9 October 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%22Drowning%22%2C+publication+World+Health+Organization&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fc.ymcdn.com%2Fsites%2Fwww.usla.org%2Fresource%2Fresmgr%2Flifeguard_library%2Fdrowningfactsheetwhosep03.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ReferenceA-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_75-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_75-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The BVI Beacon, Thursday, 15 August 2013 article entitled "Report: Passports up, marriages down last year".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Annual Report of the Civil Registry and Passport Office for 2012 which includes "For the 20 per cent that represented drowning, all were tourists who died from snorkelling or diving in the VI waters in and around caves at <a href="/wiki/Norman_Island" title="Norman Island">Norman Island</a>, as well as near <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Gorda" title="Virgin Gorda">Virgin Gorda</a>...The Virgin Islands should, therefore put safety measures in place such as the dissemination of information to hotels, dive shops and marinas." The same report confirms that the deaths of 86 persons were recorded in the territory during 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/en/news/no-lifeguards-at-cane-garden-bay-virgin-gorda-beaches">"No lifeguards at Cane Garden Bay & Virgin Gorda beaches"</a>. <i>virginislandsnewsonline.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=virginislandsnewsonline.com&rft.atitle=No+lifeguards+at+Cane+Garden+Bay+%26+Virgin+Gorda+beaches&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.virginislandsnewsonline.com%2Fen%2Fnews%2Fno-lifeguards-at-cane-garden-bay-virgin-gorda-beaches&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ReferenceC-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceC_78-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceC_78-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The BVI Beacon "Portrait of a population: 2010 Census published" pg. 6, 20 November 2014</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2010census-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2010census_79-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2010census_79-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2010census_79-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/wphc/BVI/VGB-2016-09-08.pdf"><i>Virgin Islands 2010 Population and Housing Census Report</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. pp. 58–61. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161115023253/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/wphc/BVI/VGB-2016-09-08.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 15 November 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 November</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Virgin+Islands+2010+Population+and+Housing+Census+Report&rft.pages=58-61&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Funstats.un.org%2Funsd%2Fdemographic%2Fsources%2Fcensus%2Fwphc%2FBVI%2FVGB-2016-09-08.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">cited in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110727173718/http://pewforum.org/uploadedfiles/Topics/Demographics/Muslimpopulation.pdf">"Mapping the Global Muslim Population"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Pew_Forum_on_Religion_and_Public_Life" class="mw-redirect" title="Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life">Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life</a>. 2009. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pewforum.org/uploadedfiles/Topics/Demographics/Muslimpopulation.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 27 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 March</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mapping+the+Global+Muslim+Population&rft.pub=Pew+Forum+on+Religion+and+Public+Life&rft.date=2009&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpewforum.org%2Fuploadedfiles%2FTopics%2FDemographics%2FMuslimpopulation.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The second paragraphs of the recitals (appearing between Article 1 and Article 2) contains the words: "[T]he society of the Virgin Islands is based upon certain moral, spiritual and democratic values including a belief in God".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bvi.gov.vg/products.asp?iProd=35&iCat=12&hierarchy=0">British Virgin Islands Schools</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090723081334/http://www.bvi.gov.vg/products.asp?iProd=35&iCat=12&hierarchy=0">Archived</a> 23 July 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, BVI Government website</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://open.uwi.edu/british_virgin_islands">"The Open Campus in British Virgin Islands - Open Campus"</a>. <i>open.uwi.edu</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=open.uwi.edu&rft.atitle=The+Open+Campus+in+British+Virgin+Islands+-+Open+Campus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fopen.uwi.edu%2Fbritish_virgin_islands&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Penn, Dexter J.A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dexterpenn.smugmug.com/gallery/4068409">Music of the British Virgin Islands: Fungi</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120526214319/http://dexterpenn.smugmug.com/gallery/4068409">Archived</a> 26 May 2012 at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a>. 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href="https://www.un.org/Depts/dpi/decolonization/trust3.htm">"Non-Self-Governing Territories listed by General Assembly in 2002"</a>. <i>United Nations Special Committee of 24 on Decolonization</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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</div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/160px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Islands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anegada" title="Anegada">Anegada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beef_Island" title="Beef Island">Beef Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellamy_Cay" title="Bellamy Cay">Bellamy Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_Island_(British_Virgin_Islands)" title="Buck Island (British Virgin Islands)">Buck Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carvel_Rock_(British_Virgin_Islands)" title="Carvel Rock (British Virgin Islands)">Carvel Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooper_Island_(British_Virgin_Islands)" title="Cooper Island (British Virgin Islands)">Cooper Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dead_Chest_Island,_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Dead Chest Island, British Virgin Islands">Dead Chest Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Cay" title="Diamond Cay">Diamond Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dog_Islands" title="Dog Islands">Dog Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cockroach_Island" title="Cockroach Island">Cockroach Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Dog_Island" title="George 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Island">Great Tobago Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Cay" title="Green Cay">Green Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guana_Island" title="Guana Island">Guana Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Indians" title="The Indians">The Indians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jost_Van_Dyke" title="Jost Van Dyke">Jost Van Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Camanoe" title="Little Camanoe">Little Camanoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Cay" title="Little Cay">Little Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Jost_Van_Dyke" title="Little Jost Van Dyke">Little Jost Van Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Thatch" title="Little Thatch">Little Thatch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Tobago,_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Little Tobago, British Virgin Islands">Little Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Wickams_Cay" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Wickams Cay">Little Wickams Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marina_Cay" title="Marina Cay">Marina Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosquito_Island" title="Mosquito Island">Mosquito Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanny_Cay" title="Nanny Cay">Nanny Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necker_Island_(British_Virgin_Islands)" title="Necker Island (British Virgin Islands)">Necker Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Island" title="Norman Island">Norman Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Jerusalem_Island" title="Old Jerusalem Island">Old Jerusalem Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelican_Island_(British_Virgin_Islands)" title="Pelican Island (British Virgin Islands)">Pelican Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Island" title="Peter Island">Peter Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prickly_Pear_(British_Virgin_Islands)" title="Prickly Pear (British Virgin Islands)">Prickly Pear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round_Rock,_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Round Rock, British Virgin Islands">Round Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saba_Rock" title="Saba Rock">Saba Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salt_Island,_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Salt Island, British Virgin Islands">Salt Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Cay" title="Sandy Cay">Sandy Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Spit" title="Sandy Spit">Sandy Spit </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scrub_Island_(British_Virgin_Islands)" title="Scrub Island (British Virgin Islands)">Scrub Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tortola" title="Tortola">Tortola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Gorda" title="Virgin Gorda">Virgin Gorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wickams_Cay" title="Wickams Cay">Wickams Cay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Geography of the British Virgin Islands">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of the British Virgin Islands">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Districts of the British Virgin Islands">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of islands of the British Virgin Islands">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ruins_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Category:Ruins in the British Virgin Islands">Ruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="List of towns in the British Virgin Islands">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Fauna_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Category:Fauna of the British Virgin 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Landmarks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cooper_Bay_ruin" title="Cooper Bay ruin">Cooper Bay ruin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooten_Bay_ruin" title="Cooten Bay ruin">Cooten Bay ruin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper_Mine,_Virgin_Gorda" title="Copper Mine, Virgin Gorda">Copper Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Burt" title="Fort Burt">Fort Burt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Charlotte,_Tortola" title="Fort Charlotte, Tortola">Fort Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_George,_Tortola" title="Fort George, Tortola">Fort George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Purcell" title="Fort Purcell">Fort Purcell ("the Dungeon")</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Recovery,_Tortola" title="Fort Recovery, Tortola">Fort Recovery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Thatch_ruin" title="Great Thatch ruin">Great Thatch ruin</a></li> 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Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">Overseas territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a></i><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands" title="Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gough_Island" title="Gough Island">Gough Island</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former colonies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_that_have_gained_independence_from_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom">List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>1</sup> <a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Sovereign Base Areas</a>. <sup>2</sup> Partial suspension of sovereignty due to the <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System" title="Antarctic Treaty 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information).</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Denmark</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">France</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clipperton_Island" title="Clipperton Island">Clipperton Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a> <ul><li><a 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and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Netherlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">Caribbean Netherlands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Norway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bouvet_Island" title="Bouvet Island">Bouvet Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_I_Island" title="Peter I Island">Peter I Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Maud_Land" title="Queen Maud Land">Queen Maud Land</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Portugal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeira" title="Madeira">Madeira</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spain</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceuta" title="Ceuta">Ceuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melilla" title="Melilla">Melilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plazas_de_Soberan%C3%ADa" class="mw-redirect" title="Plazas de Soberanía">Plazas de Soberanía</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alboran_Island" title="Alboran Island">Alboran Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alhucemas_Islands" title="Alhucemas Islands">Alhucemas Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chafarinas_Islands" title="Chafarinas Islands">Chafarinas Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velez_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Velez Islands">Velez Islands</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Europe</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></b> since 1960 (before as part of <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Corsican_Kingdom" title="Anglo-Corsican Kingdom">Corsica</a> 1794–1796</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/British_Cyprus" title="British Cyprus">Cyprus</a> 1878–1960</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></b> since 1713</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heligoland" title="Heligoland">Heligoland</a> 1807–1890</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_of_the_Ionian_Islands" title="United States of the Ionian Islands">Ionian Islands</a> 1809–1864</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Ireland</a> 1542–1800 <span style="font-size:85%;">(integrated into the UK)</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Free State</a> 1921–1931</li></ul></li> <li><sup>†</sup>Malta <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malta_Protectorate" title="Malta Protectorate">Protectorate</a> 1800–1813</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Malta" title="Crown Colony of Malta">Colony</a> 1813–1964</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menorca" title="Menorca">Minorca</a> 1708–1757, 1763–1782 and 1798–1802</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Africa" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Africa</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a></b><sup>23</sup> since 1815</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basutoland" title="Basutoland">Basutoland</a> (<sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a>) 1868–1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bechuanaland_Protectorate" title="Bechuanaland Protectorate">Bechuanaland</a> (<sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a>) 1884–1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Cameroons" title="British Cameroons">Cameroons</a><sup>13</sup> 1919–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony" title="Cape Colony">Cape Colony</a> 1795–1803</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony" title="Cape Colony">Cape of Good Hope</a> 1806–1910</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Central_Africa_Protectorate" title="British Central Africa Protectorate">Central Africa</a> 1891–1907</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Africa_Protectorate" title="East Africa Protectorate">East Africa</a> 1895–1920</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Egypt" title="Sultanate of Egypt">Egypt</a> 1882–1922</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Gambia_Colony_and_Protectorate" title="Gambia Colony and Protectorate">The Gambia</a> 1816–1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_(British_colony)" title="Gold Coast (British colony)">Gold Coast</a> (<sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>) 1874–1957</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Kenya_Colony" title="Kenya Colony">Kenya</a> 1920–1963</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagos_Colony" title="Lagos Colony">Lagos</a> 1862–1906</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Madeira" title="History of Madeira">Madeira</a> 1807–1808</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/British_Mauritius" title="British Mauritius">Mauritius</a> 1810–1968</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Natal" title="Colony of Natal">Natal</a> 1856–1910</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niger_Coast_Protectorate" title="Niger Coast Protectorate">Niger Coast</a> 1884–1900</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Nigeria" title="Colonial Nigeria">Nigeria</a> 1914–1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Northern Nigeria Protectorate">Northern Nigeria</a> 1900–1914</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Rhodesia" title="Northern Rhodesia">Northern Rhodesia</a><sup>15</sup> 1924–1964</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyasaland" title="Nyasaland">Nyasaland</a> 1891–1964</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_River_Colony" title="Orange River Colony">Orange River</a> 1900–1910</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a></b><sup>23</sup> since 1658</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Seychelles" title="History of Seychelles">Seychelles</a> 1903–1976</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Colony_and_Protectorate" title="Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate">Sierra Leone</a> 1792–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Somaliland" title="British Somaliland">Somaliland</a> 1884–1960</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">South Africa</a> 1910–1931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South-West_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="South-West Africa">South-West Africa</a><sup>12</sup> 1915–1931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a><sup>14</sup> 1923–1965 and 1979–1980</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Southern Nigeria Protectorate">Southern Nigeria</a> 1900–1914</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Swaziland" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Swaziland">Swaziland</a> 1893–1968</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan" title="Anglo-Egyptian Sudan">Sudan</a> 1899–1956</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanganyika_Territory" title="Tanganyika Territory">Tanganyika</a><sup>13</sup> 1922–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transvaal_Colony" title="Transvaal Colony">Transvaal</a> 1900–1910</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a></b><sup>23</sup> since 1816</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Uganda_Protectorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Uganda Protectorate">Uganda</a> 1890–1962</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a> 1890–1963</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zulu_Kingdom" title="Zulu Kingdom">Zululand</a> 1887–1897</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>12</sup>Now <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><sup>13</sup><a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate" title="League of Nations mandate">League of Nations mandate</a>. British Cameroons is now part of <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a>, while Tanganyika is part of <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>.</li> <li><sup>14</sup><a href="/wiki/Responsible_government" title="Responsible government">Self-governing</a> Southern Rhodesia <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia%27s_Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence">unilaterally declared independence</a> in 1965 (as <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a>) and continued as an <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_recognition" title="Diplomatic recognition">unrecognised</a> state until the 1979 <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_House_Agreement" title="Lancaster House Agreement">Lancaster House Agreement</a>. After recognised independence in 1980, Zimbabwe was a member of the Commonwealth until it withdrew in 2003.</li> <li><sup>15</sup>Now <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Asia" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Asia</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aden_Colony" title="Aden Colony">Aden Colony</a> 1839–1967</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="First Anglo-Afghan War">Afghanistan</a> 1839–1842 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_influence_in_Afghanistan" title="European influence in Afghanistan">Protectorate</a> 1879–1919</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Bencoolen" title="British Bencoolen">Bencoolen</a> 1685–1824</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangka_Island" title="Bangka Island">Banka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belitung" title="Belitung">Billiton</a> 1812–1824</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal</a> 1757–1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bhutan" title="History of Bhutan">Bhutan</a> (protectorate) 1907–1949</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Borneo" title="British Borneo">Borneo</a> 1874–1963</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></b> since 1965 (before as part of <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a>)<sup>26</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma" title="British rule in Burma">Burma</a> 1824–1948</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Bruneian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruneian Empire">Brunei</a> 1888–1984</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a> 1795–1948</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/British_Cyprus" title="British Cyprus">Cyprus</a> 1878–1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Hong_Kong" title="British Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> 1841–1997</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a><sup>18</sup> 1858–1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a> 1811–1816</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikhdom_of_Kuwait" title="Sheikhdom of Kuwait">Kuwait</a> 1918–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Labuan" title="Crown Colony of Labuan">Labuan</a> 1848–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">Malaya</a> 1819–1826 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federated_Malay_States" title="Federated Malay States">Federated States</a> 1895–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unfederated_Malay_States" title="Unfederated Malay States">Unfederated States</a> 1885–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Union" title="Malayan Union">Union</a> 1946–1948</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Federation</a> 1948–1957</li></ul></li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Independence_of_the_Maldives" title="Independence of the Maldives">Maldives</a> 1796–1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_occupation_of_Manila" title="British occupation of Manila">Manila and Cavite</a> 1762–1764</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandate_for_Mesopotamia" title="Mandate for Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a><sup>19</sup> 1920–1932</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muscat_and_Oman" title="Muscat and Oman">Muscat and Oman</a> 1891–1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Borneo" title="North Borneo">North Borneo</a> 1882–1963 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_North_Borneo" title="Crown Colony of North Borneo">Crown Colony</a> 1946–1963</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padang" title="Padang">Padang</a> 1781–1784 and 1795–1819</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Palestine</a><sup>19</sup> 1923–1948</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Penang" title="History of Penang">Penang</a> 1786–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4n_S%C6%A1n_Island" title="Côn Sơn Island">Pulo Condore</a> 1702–1705</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_of_Sarawak" title="Raj of Sarawak">Sarawak</a> 1841–1946 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Sarawak" title="Crown Colony of Sarawak">Crown Colony</a> 1946–1963</li></ul></li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Singapore" title="Colony of Singapore">Singapore</a> 1946–1963</li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Vietnam_(1945%E2%80%931946)" title="War in Vietnam (1945–1946)">South Vietnam</a> 1945–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straits_Settlements" title="Straits Settlements">Straits Settlements</a> 1826–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan" title="Emirate of Transjordan">Transjordan</a> 1921–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trucial_States" title="Trucial States">Trucial States</a> 1892–1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weihaiwei_under_British_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Weihaiwei under British rule">Weihai</a> 1898–1930</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>18</sup>Now <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> and <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><sup>19</sup><a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate" title="League of Nations mandate">League of Nations mandate</a>. Iraq's mandate was not enacted and replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Iraqi Treaty">Anglo-Iraqi Treaty</a></li> <li><sup>26</sup>Legitimacy of territorial establishment <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago_sovereignty_dispute" title="Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute">disputed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="North_America" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">North America</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a></b> since 1650</li> <li>*<a href="/wiki/Antigua" title="Antigua">Antigua</a> 1632–1860</li> <li>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="History of Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a> 1860–1981</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Bahamas" title="History of the Bahamas">Bahamas</a> 1670–1973</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Barbados" title="History of Barbados">Barbados</a> 1624–1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_Islands_Department" title="Bay Islands Department">Bay Islands</a> 1643–1860</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/British_Honduras" title="British Honduras">Belize</a> 1871–1981</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a></b> since 1619</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Arctic_Territories" title="British Arctic Territories">British Arctic Territories</a> 16th c.–1880</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_British_Columbia_(1858%E2%80%931866)" title="Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866)">British Columbia</a> 1858–1866 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_British_Columbia_(1866%E2%80%931871)" title="Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871)">1866–1871</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Island" title="Cape Breton Island">Cape Breton Island</a> 1754–1820</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Dominica" title="History of Dominica">Dominica</a> 1763–1978</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Florida" title="East Florida">East Florida</a> 1763–1783</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Grenada" title="History of Grenada">Grenada</a> 1762–1974</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Canada" title="Lower Canada">Lower</a> 1791–1841</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Canada" title="Upper Canada">Upper</a> 1791–1841</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canada" title="Province of Canada">Province</a> 1841–1867</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-Confederation_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931914)" title="Post-Confederation Canada (1867–1914)">Dominion</a> 1867–1931</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" title="Province of Carolina">Carolina</a> 1663–1712</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></b> since 1670</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_District" title="Columbia District">Columbia District</a>/<a href="/wiki/Oregon_Country" title="Oregon Country">Oregon Country</a> 1818–1846</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Colony" title="Connecticut Colony">Connecticut</a> 1636–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Colony" title="Delaware Colony">Delaware</a> 1701–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Jersey" title="East Jersey">East Jersey</a> 1674–1702</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Georgia" title="Province of Georgia">Georgia</a> 1733–1776</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Jamaica" title="Colony of Jamaica">Jamaica</a> 1655–1962</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Leeward_Islands" title="British Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a> 1671–1816, 1833–1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">MassachusettsBay</a> 1629–1691 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Province</a>, 1691–1776</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Maryland" title="Province of Maryland">Maryland</a> 1632–1776</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a></b> since 1632</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosquito_Coast" title="Mosquito Coast">Mosquito Coast</a> 1655–1860</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevis" title="Nevis">Nevis</a> 1628–1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Albion" title="New Albion">New Albion</a> 1579</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_New_Brunswick" title="History of New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a> 1784–1867</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_New_England" title="Dominion of New England">New England</a> 1686–1689</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_Hampshire" title="Province of New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> 1680–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Haven_Colony" title="New Haven Colony">New Haven</a> 1637–1662</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_Jersey" title="Province of New Jersey">New Jersey</a> 1665–1674 and 1702–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">New York</a> 1664–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland" title="Dominion of Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a> 1907–1949</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="History of Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland and Labrador</a> 1583–1907</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_North_Carolina" title="Province of North Carolina">North Carolina</a> 1712–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-Western_Territory" title="North-Western Territory">North-Western Territory</a> 1859–1870</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Nova_Scotia" title="History of Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> 1713–1867</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paulet_affair_(1843)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paulet affair (1843)">Paulet affair</a> 1843</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Prince_Edward_Island" title="History of Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a> 1763–1873</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> 1681–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth</a> 1620–1691</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Quebec_(1763%E2%80%931791)" title="Province of Quebec (1763–1791)">Quebec</a> 1763–1791* <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_the_Queen_Charlotte_Islands" title="Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands">Queen Charlotte Islands</a> 1853–1863</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations" title="Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations">Rhode Island</a> 1636–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupert%27s_Land" title="Rupert's Land">Rupert's Land</a> 1670–1870</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands">Saint Croix</a> 1625–1650</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts" title="Saint Kitts">Saint Kitts</a> 1623–1983</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="History of Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a> 1882–1983</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/British_Saint_Lucia" class="mw-redirect" title="British Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> 1605–1979</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="History of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> 1627–1979</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saybrook_Colony" title="Saybrook Colony">Saybrook</a> 1635–1644</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_South_Carolina" title="Province of South Carolina">South Carolina</a> 1712–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stickeen_Territories" title="Stickeen Territories">Stickeen</a> 1862–1863</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="History of Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a> 1889–1962</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></b> since 1799</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Vancouver_Island" title="Colony of Vancouver Island">Vancouver Island</a> 1849–1866</li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Virgin Islands</a></b> since 1666</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Virginia</a> 1607–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_West_Florida" title="British West Florida">West Florida</a> 1763–1783</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Indies_Federation" title="West Indies Federation">West Indies Federation</a> 1958–1962 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Indies_Associated_States" title="West Indies Associated States">Associated States</a> 1967–1983</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Jersey" title="West Jersey">West Jersey</a> 1674–1702</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Windward_Islands" title="British Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a> 1833–1960</li></ul> 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" style="font-weight:bold;">18th and 19th centuries</td><td class="navbox-abovebelow" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;font-weight:bold;">20th century</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_South_Wales" title="Colony of New South Wales">New South Wales</a> 1788–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land" title="Van Diemen's Land">Van Diemen's Land</a>/<a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Tasmania" title="Colony of Tasmania">Tasmania</a> 1803–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auckland_Islands" title="Auckland Islands">Auckland Islands</a><sup>20</sup> 1807–1863</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a><sup>21</sup> 1824–1980</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Queensland" title="Colony of Queensland">Queensland</a> 1824–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swan_River_Colony" title="Swan River Colony">Swan River</a>/<a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Colony of Western Australia">Western Australia</a> 1829–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_South_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Colony of South Australia">South Australia</a> 1836–1901</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="History of the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></b> since 1838</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_Zealand" title="Colony of New Zealand">New Zealand</a> 1841–1907</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Australia" title="North Australia">North Australia</a> 1846–1847</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Victoria" title="Colony of Victoria">Victoria</a> 1851–1901</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Fiji" title="Colony of Fiji">Fiji</a> 1874–1970</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Western_Pacific_Territories" title="British Western Pacific Territories">Western Pacific Territories</a> 1877–1976</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Papua" title="Territory of Papua">Papua</a> 1884–1902</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Rarotonga" title="Kingdom of Rarotonga">Rarotonga</a>/<a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands_Federation" title="Cook Islands Federation">Cook Islands</a><sup>20</sup> 1888–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Islands">Union Islands</a><sup>20</sup> 1889–1948</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands" title="Gilbert and Ellice Islands">Gilbert and Ellice Islands</a><sup>22</sup> 1892–1979</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/British_Solomon_Islands" title="British Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> 1893–1978</li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> <ul><li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Tonga" title="History of Tonga">Tonga</a> 1900–1970</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Niue" title="History of Niue">Niue</a><sup>20</sup> 1900–1974</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1901%E2%80%931945)" title="History of Australia (1901–1945)">Australia</a> 1901–1942</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealand" title="Dominion of New Zealand">New Zealand</a> 1907–1947</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Western_Samoa_Trust_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Samoa Trust Territory">Samoa</a> 1914–1962</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Nauru" title="History of Nauru">Nauru</a> 1919–1942 and 1945–1968</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>20</sup>Now part of the <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">Realm of New Zealand</a></li> <li><sup>21</sup>Now <sup>†</sup><a 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title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></b> since 1833</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Commonwealth of Australia</a>)</span> 1841–1933</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Ross_Dependency" title="Ross Dependency">Ross Dependency</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">Realm of New Zealand</a>)</span> 1841–1947</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a></b><sup>24</sup> since 1908</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></b><sup>25</sup> since 1908</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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title="Scouse">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_dialect" title="Manchester dialect">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumbrian_dialect" title="Northumbrian dialect">Northumbria</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pitmatic" title="Pitmatic">Pitmatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackem" title="Mackem">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geordie" title="Geordie">Tyneside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoggie" title="Smoggie">Teesside</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_dialect" title="Yorkshire dialect">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Midlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_English" title="East Midlands English">East Midlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_English" title="West Midlands English">West Midlands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brummie_dialect" title="Brummie dialect">Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Country_dialect" title="Black Country dialect">Black Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_dialect" title="Potteries dialect">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/English_language_in_Southern_England" title="English language in Southern England">South</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Anglian_English" title="East Anglian English">East Anglia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estuary_English" title="Estuary English">London & Thames Estuary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cockney" title="Cockney">Cockney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multicultural_London_English" title="Multicultural London English">Multicultural</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" title="Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Country_English" title="West Country English">West Country</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_dialect" title="Cornish dialect">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_dialect" title="Dorset dialect">Dorset</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_English" title="Scottish English">Scotland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_dialect" title="Glasgow dialect">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_English" title="Highland English">Highlands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_English" title="Welsh English">Wales</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abercraf_English" title="Abercraf English">Abercraf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_English" title="Cardiff English">Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gower_dialect" title="Gower dialect">Gower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Talbot_English" title="Port Talbot English">Port Talbot</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hiberno-English" title="Hiberno-English">Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dublin_English" title="Dublin English">Dublin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South-West_Irish_English" title="South-West Irish English">South-West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_English" title="Ulster English">Ulster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Channel_Island_English" title="Channel Island English">Channel Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltarian_English" title="Gibraltarian English">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manx_English" title="Manx English">Isle of Man</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="North_America" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_American_English" title="North American English">North <br />America</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_English" title="Canadian English">Canada</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_English_in_Canada" title="Indigenous English in Canada">Aboriginal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Canadian_English" title="Atlantic Canadian English">Atlantic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lunenburg_English" title="Lunenburg English">Lunenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_English" title="Newfoundland English">Newfoundland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toronto_slang" title="Toronto slang">Multicultural Toronto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Valley_English" title="Ottawa Valley English">Ottawa Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quebec_English" title="Quebec English">Quebec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_Canadian_English" title="Standard Canadian English">Standard Canadian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">United <br />States</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Midland_American_English" title="Midland American English">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_England_English" title="New England English">New England</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston_accent" title="Boston accent">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_New_England_English" title="Eastern New England English">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_accent" title="Maine accent">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_New_England_English" title="Western New England English">West</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_City_English" title="New York City English">New York City</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_accent" title="New York accent">accent</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_American_English" title="Northern American English">North</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inland_Northern_American_English" title="Inland Northern American English">Inland North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-Central_American_English" title="North-Central American English">North-Central</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_English" title="Philadelphia English">Philadelphia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_accent" title="Baltimore accent">Baltimore</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_American_English" title="Southern American English">South</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_English" title="Appalachian English">Appalachia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Tider" title="High Tider">High Tider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_English" title="New Orleans English">New Orleans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Older_Southern_American_English" title="Older Southern American English">Older</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texan_English" title="Texan English">Texas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_American_English" title="Western American English">West</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_English" title="California English">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_English" title="Pacific Northwest English">Pacific Northwest</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_English" title="Western Pennsylvania English">Western Pennsylvania</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Social and <br />ethno-cultural</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_English" title="African-American English">African-American</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English" title="African-American Vernacular English">vernacular</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Indian_English" title="American Indian English">American Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cajun_English" title="Cajun English">Cajun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicano_English" title="Chicano English">Chicano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_American_English" title="General American English">General American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_accent" title="Miami accent">Miami Latino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Latino_English" title="New York Latino English">New York Latino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch_English" title="Pennsylvania Dutch English">Pennsylvania Dutch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_English" title="Caribbean English">Caribbean</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bahamian_English" title="Bahamian English">The Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_in_Barbados" class="mw-redirect" title="English in Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bequia_English" title="Bequia English">Bequia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands_English" title="Cayman Islands English">Cayman Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bay_Islands_English" title="Bay Islands English">Bay Islands</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_English" title="Jamaican English">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saban_English" title="Saban English">Saba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saman%C3%A1_English" title="Samaná English">Samaná</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidadian_and_Tobagonian_English" title="Trinidadian and Tobagonian English">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bermudian_English" title="Bermudian English">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands_English" title="Falkland Islands English">Falkland Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Australia" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Australian_English" title="Australian English">Australia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Variation_in_Australian_English" title="Variation in Australian English">variation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" title="Australian English phonology">accent</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_English" title="Australian Aboriginal English">Aboriginal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Australian_English" title="South Australian English">South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torres_Strait_English" title="Torres Strait English">Torres Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_English" title="Western Australian English">West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Fiji#Fiji_English" title="Culture of Fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_English" title="New Zealand English">New Zealand</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_English_phonology" title="New Zealand English phonology">accent</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palauan_English" title="Palauan English">Palau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_English" title="Solomon Islands English">Solomon Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cameroonian_English" title="Cameroonian English">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambian_English" title="Gambian English">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanaian_English" title="Ghanaian English">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenyan_English" title="Kenyan English">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberian_English" title="Liberian English">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawian_English" title="Malawian English">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namlish" title="Namlish">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_English" title="Nigerian English">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leonean_English" title="Sierra Leonean English">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_English" title="South African English">South Africa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White_South_African_English_phonology" title="White South African English phonology">accent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Flats_English" title="Cape Flats English">Cape Flats</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_English" title="South Atlantic English">South Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugandan_English" title="Ugandan English">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwean_English" title="Zimbabwean English">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_English" title="Hong Kong English">Hong Kong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_English" title="South Asian English">South Asia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_English" title="Bangladeshi English">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_English" title="Indian English">India</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regional_differences_and_dialects_in_Indian_English" title="Regional differences and dialects in Indian English">regional and occupational</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_English" title="Nepalese English">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_English" title="Pakistani English">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_English" title="Sri Lankan English">Sri Lanka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asian_English" title="Southeast Asian English">Southeast Asia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brunei_English" title="Brunei English">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_English" title="Malaysian English">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_English" title="Myanmar English">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_English" title="Philippine English">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_English" title="Singapore English">Singapore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basic_English" title="Basic English">Basic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broad_and_general_accents" title="Broad and general accents">Broad and general accents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_American_and_British_English" title="Comparison of American and British English">Comparison of American and British English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-Prime" title="E-Prime">E-Prime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engrish" title="Engrish">Engrish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_as_a_lingua_franca" title="English as a lingua franca">English as a lingua franca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English-based_creole_languages" title="English-based creole languages">English-based creole languages</a></li> <li><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="*_Countries_and_territories_where_English_is_the_national_language_or_the_native_language_of_the_majority"> <ul><li><b>Countries and territories where English is the national language or the native language of the majority</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Africa" title="Languages of Africa">Africa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anglo-America" title="Anglo-America">Americas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">The Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">British Virgin Islands</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/English_language_in_Europe" title="English language in Europe">Europe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Oceania" title="Languages of Oceania">Oceania</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands" title="Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightblue;"><span style="padding-left:1.0em;"> </span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="*_Countries_and_territories_where_English_is_an_official_language,_but_not_the_majority_first_language"> <ul><li><b>Countries and territories where English is an official language, but not the majority first language</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eswatini" title="Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gambia" title="The Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya" 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