VIRGIN
ISLANDS
- of the United States
Official Name: U.S.
Virgin Islands
Location: Caribbean.
Islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east
of Puerto Rico. Three larger islands (Saint Thomas, Saint
Croix, St. John) and 50 smaller islands and cays situated 70 miles east
of Puerto Rico, located west of the Anegada Passage, which connects the
Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
Capital: Charlotte
Amalie, St. Thomas
Population: 118,211
Languages: English
(official),
Spanish, Creole
Monetary Unit: U.S.
Dollar
Government: Republican
form of government, headed by an elected governor and lieutenant governer.
Dependency Status: Unincorporated territory of
the United States of America; administered by the Office of Insular Affairs,
US Department of the Interior
Religion: Baptist
42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, other 7%
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