Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis (officially Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis) is a country in Caribbean, with its capital at Basseterre, and is home to roughly 46.8K people.
English is the official language; the currency in circulation is Eastern Caribbean dollar ($); people from here are called Kittitian or Nevisian.
- »It is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas by both area and population.
Saint Kitts and Nevis shares no land border with anything, so every approach is by sea or air. The closest other territories on file are Antigua and Barbuda (107 km), Dominica (258 km) and Saint Lucia (427 km), measured centre to centre.
Basseterre was founded by the French in 1627 and has been rebuilt repeatedly after fires, floods and hurricanes.
265 km² (102 sq mi), 189th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of the Seychelles.
Population 46,843, 190th of 198 on file. That averages 177 per km² (458 per sq mi).
Green for fertile land, yellow for sunshine, red for the struggle against slavery and colonialism, with two white stars for hope and liberty.