Flag Description

three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold, and blue with the head of a black trident centered on the gold band; the band colors represent the blue of the sea and sky and the gold of the beaches; the trident head represents independence and a break with the past (the colonial coat of arms contained a complete trident)

Background:The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. African slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance.

Total Area: 430 sq km

Land Area:430 sq km

Water Area:0 sq km

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Border Countries:

Coastline:97 km

Lowest Point:Atlantic Ocean 0 m

Highest Point:Mount Hillaby 336 m

Population:289,680 (July 2014 est.)

Population Growth Rate:0.33% (2014 est.)

Religion:Protestant 66.3% (includes Anglican 23.9%, other Pentecostal 19.5%, Adventist 5.9%, Methodist 4.2%, Wesleyan 3.4%, Nazarene 3.2%, Church of God 2.4%, Baptist 1.8%, Moravian 1.2%, other Protestant .8%), Roman Catholic 3.8%, other Christian 5.4% (includes Jehovah's Witness 2.0%, other 3.4%), Rastafarian 1%, other 1.5%, none 20.6%, unspecified 1.2% (2010 est.)

Literacy(%):0.997

Literacy(%) Male:0.997

Literacy(%) Female:99.7% (2002 est.)

Independence Day:30 November 1966 (from the UK)

National Holiday:Independence Day, 30 November (1966)

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