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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Virgin Islands (US)

  • Time Zone: GMT/UTC -3
  • Electricity: 110V, 60 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
  • Currency:US Dollar (US$)
  • Country Dialing Code: 1340

Virgin Islands (US)

Location
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico

Capital
Charlotte Amalie

Population
108,708 (July 2005 est.)

Regions
none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three islands at the second order; Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Thomas

Climate
subtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds, relatively low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season September to November

Ethnic groups
black 76.2%, white 13.1%, Asian 1.1%, other 6.1%, mixed 3.5% (2000 census)

Religions
Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, other 7%

Languages
English 74.7%, Spanish or Spanish Creole 16.8%, French or French Creole 6.6%, other 1.9% (2000 census)

Government type
NA

Background
During the 17th century, the archipelago was divided into two territorial units, one English and the other Danish. Sugarcane, produced by slave labor, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1917, the US purchased the Danish portion, which had been in economic decline since the abolition of slavery in 1848.

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