Flag Description

red, with an inverted isosceles triangle based on the top edge of the flag; the triangle contains three horizontal bands of black (top), light blue, and white, with a yellow rising sun in the black band; the sun symbolizes the dawn of a new era, black represents the African heritage of most of the population, blue is for hope, and red is for the dynamism of the people; the "V" stands for victory; the successive yellow, blue, and white coloring is also meant to evoke the country's tourist attractions of sun, sea, and sand

Background:The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.

Total Area: 442.6 sq km (Antigua 280 sq km; Barbuda 161 sq km)

Land Area:442.6 sq km

Water Area:0 sq km

Land Boundries Total:

Border Countries:

Coastline:153 km

Lowest Point:Caribbean Sea 0 m

Highest Point:Boggy Peak 402 m

Population:91,295 (July 2014 est.)

Population Growth Rate:1.25% (2014 est.)

Religion:Protestant 76.4% (Anglican 25.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 12.3%, Pentecostal 10.6%, Moravian 10.5%, Methodist 7.9%, Baptist 4.9%, Church of God 4.5%), Roman Catholic 10.4%, other Christian 5.4%, other 2%, none or unspecified 5.8% (2001 census)

Literacy(%):0.99

Literacy(%) Male:0.984

Literacy(%) Female:99.4% (2011 est.)

Independence Day:1 November 1981 (from the UK)

National Holiday:Independence Day (National Day), 1 November (1981)

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