Coordinates: 17°03′N 61°48′W / 17.050°N 61.800°W
Antigua an Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda | |
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Motto: "Each Endeavouring, All Achieving" | |
Caipital and largest city | Saint John's 17°7′N 61°51′W / 17.117°N 61.850°W |
Offeecial leids | Inglis |
Ither leids | Antiguan Creole |
Ethnic groups (1996) | 89% Black 4.4% Mixed 2.4% White 2.5% Ither |
Demonym(s) | Antiguan Barbudan |
Govrenment | Pairlamentary democracy unner constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
Rodney Williams | |
Gaston Browne | |
Legislatur | Pairlament |
Senate | |
Hoose o Representatives | |
Unthirldom | |
27 Februar 1967 | |
• frae the Unitit Kinrick | 1 November 1981 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 440 km2 (170 sq mi) (182t) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
Population | |
• 2018 estimate | 96,286 (199t) |
• 2011 census | 81,799 |
• Density | 69/km2 (178.7/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $2.731 billion[1] |
• Per capita | $29,298[1] |
GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Tot | $1.717 billion[1] |
• Per capita | $18,416[1] |
HDI (2014) | 0.776[2] heich · 74t |
Currency | East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
Drivin side | left |
Cawin code | +1-268 |
Internet TLD | .ag |
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Antigua an Barbuda (Inglis: Antigua and Barbuda, pronounced /ænˈtiːɡwə ænd bɑrˈbjuːdə/ (deprecatit template); locally /ænˈtiːɡə ænd bɑrˈbjuːdə/; Spaingie for "auncient" an "beardit") is a twin-island naition lyin atween the Caribbean Sea an the Atlantic Ocean. It consists o twa major inhabitit islands, Antigua an Barbuda, an a number o smawer islands (includin Great Bird, Green, Guinea, Long, Maiden an York Islands). Separatit bi a few nautical mile, the group is in the middle o the Leeward Islands pairt o the Lesser Antilles, roughly at 17 degrees north o the Equator. Antigua an Barbuda is nicknamed "Land o 365 Beaches" due tae the mony beaches surroondingthe land. The Breetish Empire, which the kintra wis umwhile pairt o, haes strangly influenced its govrenance, leid, an cultur.
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