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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Virgin Islands (British)
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC -4
- Electricity: 110V, 60 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
- Currency: US Dollar (US$)
- Country Dialing Code:284
Virgin Islands (British)
Location
Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico
Capital
Road Town
Population
22,643 (July 2005 est.)
Regions
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Climate
subtropical; humid; temperatures moderated by trade winds
Ethnic groups
black 83%, white, Indian, Asian and mixed
Religions
Protestant 86% (Methodist 33%, Anglican 17%, Church of God 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 15%), Roman Catholic 10%, none 2%, other 2% (1991)
Languages
English (official)
Government type
NA
Background
First settled by the Dutch in 1648, the islands were annexed in 1672 by the English. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.
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