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14 de mai. de 2024 · British Virgin Islands, British overseas territory in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It is part of an island chain collectively known as the Virgin Islands, which makes up the northeastern extremity of the Greater Antilles. Puerto Rico lies to the west.
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British Virgin Islands - Autonomy, Parliamentary Democracy,...
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Virgin Gorda Island, one of the British Virgin Islands, in...
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Há 3 dias · France and Great Britain continued to contest Saint Lucia until the British secured it in 1814, as part of the Treaty of Paris, ending the Napoleonic Wars. Thereafter, Saint Lucia was considered one of the British Windward Islands colonies. The institution of slavery was abolished on the island in 1834, as it was throughout the British Empire.
Há 22 horas · British Virgin Islands – fish and fungee; Cayman Islands – turtle stew, turtle steak, grouper, conch stew, Cayman-style beef with rice and beans, cassava cake; Colombian Caribbean – rice with coconut milk, arroz con pollo, sancocho, Arab cuisine (due to the large Arab population) Cuba – platillo Moros y Cristianos, ropa vieja, lechon ...
- 239,681 km² (92,541 sq mi)
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Há 1 dia · The islands have 121 kilometres (75 miles) of highway, 24 km (15 mi) paved and 97 km (60 mi) unpaved. Like the United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands drive on the left. The territory's main international ports and harbours are on Grand Turk and Providenciales.
15 de mai. de 2024 · The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands (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, and the US dollar is the legal currency. In 2017, Hurricane Irma devastated the island of Tortola.
16 de mai. de 2024 · Introduction. The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is a British Overseas Territory. The BVI is comprised of approximately 40 islands and cays, the largest of which is Tortola. The islands are internally self governing and operate as a parliamentary democracy. The earliest recorded settlement of the Islands was by the Arawak Indians.
15 de mai. de 2024 · Capital. name: Charlotte Amalie geographic coordinates: 18 21 N, 64 56 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: originally called Taphus in Danish - meaning "tap house" or "beer house" because of its many beer halls - the town received a more dignified name in 1691 when it was named Charlotte Amalie in honor of Danish King CHRISTIAN V’s wife ...
