Saunt Kitts an Nevis

The Federation o Saunt Kitts an Nevis (Inglis: Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis) locatit in the Leeward Islands, is a federal twa-island naition in the Wast Indies. It is the smawest sovereign state in the Americas, in baith area an population.

Federation o Saunt Kitts an Nevis
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: "Country Above Self"
Anthem: "O Land of Beauty!" Ryal anthem: "God Save the Queen"
Caipital and largest city	Basseterre 17°18′N 62°44′W
Offeecial leids	Inglis
Ethnic groups (2000)	90.4% Black 5.0% Mulatto 3.0% Indian 1.0% White 0.6% ithers
Demonym(s)	Kittitian or Nevisian
Govrenment	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Elizabeth II
• Govrenor-General	Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton
• Prime Meenister	Timothy Harris
Legislatur	Naitional Assembly
Independence
• Associatit State	27 Februar 1967
• frae the Unitit Kinrick	19 September 1983
Aurie
• Total	261 km2 (101 sq mi) (188th)
• Water (%)	Negligible
Population
• 2015 estimate	54,961 (209t)
• 2011 census	46,204
• Density	164/km2 (424.8/sq mi) (64t)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$1.458 billion[1]
• Per capita	$25,913[1]
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Tot	$945 million[1]
• Per capita	$16,793[1]
HDI (2015)	0.765[2] heich · 74t
Currency	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Time zone	UTC-4
Drivin side	caur
Cawin code	+1 869
ISO 3166 code	KN
Internet TLD	.kn
Or "Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis".

Territorial organization

The caipital ceety an heidquarters o govrenment for the federatit state is Basseterre on the lairger island o Saint Kitts. The smawer state o Nevis ligs aboot 2 mile (3 km) sootheast o Saint Kitts, athort a shallae channel cried "The Narraes".

Historically, the Breetish dependency o Anguilla wis a pairt o this union an aw, whilk thegither wis cired Saunt Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. Saunt Kitts an Nevis are geographically pairt o the Leeward Islands. Tae the north-northwast lig the islands o Sint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten an Anguilla. Tae the east an northeast are Antigua an Barbuda, an tae the sootheast is the smaw uninhabitit island of Redonda, an the island of Montserrat, whilk nou haes an active volcano (see Soufrière Hills).

Saunt Kitts an Nevis wur amang the first islands in the Caribbean tae be settled bi Europeans. Saunt Kitts wis hame tae the first Inglis an French colonies in the Caribbean, an sicweys haes an aw been cried "The Mither Colony o the Wast Indies".