Flag Description

blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Virgin Islander coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts a woman flanked on either side by a vertical column of six oil lamps above a scroll bearing the Latin word VIGILATE (Be Watchful); the islands were named by COLUMBUS in 1493 in honor of Saint Ursula and her 11 virgin followers (some sources say 11,000) who reputedly were martyred by the Huns in the 4th or 5th century; the figure on the banner holding a lamp represents the saint, the other lamps symbolize her followers

Background:First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1872-1960; they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.

Total Area: 151 sq km

Land Area:151 sq km

Water Area:0 sq km

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Border Countries:

Coastline:80 km

Lowest Point:Caribbean Sea 0 m

Highest Point:Mount Sage 521 m

Population:32,680 (July 2014 est.)

Population Growth Rate:2.36% (2014 est.)

Religion:Protestant 84% (Methodist 33%, Anglican 17%, Church of God 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Baptist 4%, other 15%), Roman Catholic 10%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%, none 2% (1991)

Literacy(%):0.978

Literacy(%) Male:NA

Literacy(%) Female:NA (1991 est.)

Independence Day:none (overseas territory of the UK)

National Holiday:Territory Day, 1 July (1956)

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