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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the

United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...

: The Territory of the United States Virgin Islands is an unincorporated organized territory of the

United States of America The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territo ...

located in the western portion of the Virgin Islands Archipelago in the

Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...

. The Virgin Islands are part of the

Leeward Islands french: Îles-Sous-le-Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Leeward Islands. Clockwise: Antigua and Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Saint kitts and Nevis. , image_alt = , locator_map = , location = Caribbean SeaNorth Atlantic Ocean , coor ...

of the

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc betwe ...

. The

British Virgin Islands ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = Territorial song , song = "Oh, Beautiful Virgin Islands" , image_map = File:British Virgin Islands on the globe (Americas centered).svg , map_caption = , mapsize = 290px , image_map2 = Brit ...

comprises the eastern portion of the

archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...

. The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of

Saint Croix Saint Croix; nl, Sint-Kruis; french: link=no, Sainte-Croix; Danish and no, Sankt Croix, Taino: ''Ay Ay'' ( ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorpo ...

, Saint John and Saint Thomas, along with the much smaller but historically distinct Water Island, and many other surrounding minor islands. The total land area of the territory is 346.36 km² (133.73 sq mi). As of the 2000 census the population was 108,612. Three of the main islands have nicknames often used by locals: "Rock City" (St. Thomas), "Love City" (St. John), and "Twin City" (St. Croix).

General reference

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: * Common English country names: The

or the U.S. Virgin Islands * Official English country name: The Territory of the United States Virgin Islands * Common

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(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s):

Virgin Island The Virgin Islands ( es, Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. They are geology, geologically and biogeography, biogeographically the easternmost part of the Greater Antilles, the northern islands belonging to the Puerto Ric ...

Demonym A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...

(s): Virgin Islander *

Etymology Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

: Name of the United States Virgin Islands *

ISO country codes ISO 3166-1 (''Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes'') is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It ...

: VI, VIR, 850 *

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: See ISO 3166-2:VI *

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.vi .vi is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for the U.S. Virgin Islands. Second-level domains Second level domains (of more than 2 characters) were only allowed for Virgin Island companies or residents until 2014, when COBEX ...

Geography of the United States Virgin Islands

Geography of the United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands are a group of several dozen islands and cays located in the Caribbean, about southeast of Florida, north of Venezuela, east of Puerto Rico, and immediately west and south of the British Virgin Islands. The U. ...

* The United States Virgin Islands are: an

insular area In the law of the United States, an insular area is a U.S.-associated jurisdiction that is not part of the 50 states or the District of Columbia. This includes fourteen U.S. territories administered under U.S. sovereignty, as well as three sov ...

of the United States * Location: **

Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth's Nort ...

and

Western Hemisphere The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the antimeridian. The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. Politically, the term We ...

***

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

(though not on the

mainland Mainland is defined as "relating to or forming the main part of a country or continent, not including the islands around it egardless of status under territorial jurisdiction by an entity" The term is often politically, economically and/or dem ...

) **

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

***

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

(West Indies) ****

Antilles The Antilles (; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Antiy; es, Antillas; french: Antilles; nl, Antillen; ht, Antiy; pap, Antias; Jamaican Patois: ''Antiliiz'') is an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mex ...

*****

******

******* Virgin Islands archipelago **

Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, Commerce, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between Country, countries and their Administrative division, subdivisions instead of ...

Eastern Caribbean Time The Atlantic Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps standard time—called Atlantic Standard Time (AST)—by subtracting four hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC), resulting in UTC−04:00. AST is observed in parts of North America ...

( UTC-04) ** Extreme points of the United States Virgin Islands *** High: Crown Mountain *** Low:

0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline: 188 km *

Population of the United States Virgin Islands Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

: * * Area of the United States Virgin Islands: * Atlas of the United States Virgin Islands

Environment of the United States Virgin Islands

Climate of the United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands are a group of several dozen islands and cays located in the Caribbean, about southeast of Florida, north of Venezuela, east of Puerto Rico, and immediately west and south of the British Virgin Islands. The U.S ...

Renewable energy in the United States Virgin Islands A renewable resource, also known as a flow resource, is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of ti ...

Geology of the United States Virgin Islands The geology of the U.S. Virgin Islands includes mafic volcanic rocks, with complex mineralogy that first began to erupt in the Mesozoic overlain and interspersed with carbonate and conglomerate units. Geologic history, stratigraphy, and tectonics ...

Protected areas of the United States Virgin Islands Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although th ...

** Biosphere reserves in the United States Virgin Islands ** National parks of the United States Virgin Islands * Superfund sites in the United States Virgin Islands *

Wildlife of the United States Virgin Islands The fauna of the United States Virgin Islands consists of 144 species of birds, 22 species of mammals, 302 species of fish and 7 species of amphibians. The wildlife of the U.S.V.I. includes numerous endemic species of tropical birds, fish, and land ...

Fauna of the United States Virgin Islands The fauna of the United States Virgin Islands consists of 144 species of birds, 22 species of mammals, 302 species of fish and 7 species of amphibians. The wildlife of the U.S.V.I. includes numerous endemic species of tropical birds, fish, and land ...

***

Birds of the United States Virgin Islands Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

***

Mammals of the United States Virgin Islands Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur o ...

Natural geographic features of the United States Virgin Islands

Fjords of the United States Virgin Islands In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...

Islands of the United States Virgin Islands Almost all of the Caribbean islands are in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest island is Cuba. Other sizable islands include Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the smaller islands are ref ...

* Lakes of the United States Virgin Islands *

Mountains of the United States Virgin Islands A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher ...

** Volcanoes in the United States Virgin Islands *

Rivers of the United States Virgin Islands This is a list of rivers and streams of the United States Virgin Islands ( U.S. territory), grouped by island. Saint Croix * Salt River Saint John From east to west, all flowing to the south coast: *Carolina Gut * Cob Gut *Lameshur Bay Gut *R ...

** Waterfalls of the United States Virgin Islands * Valleys of the United States Virgin Islands * World Heritage Sites in the United States Virgin Islands: None

Regions of the United States Virgin Islands

Ecoregions of the United States Virgin Islands

List of ecoregions in the United States Virgin Islands A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

* Ecoregions in the United States Virgin Islands

Administrative divisions of the United States Virgin Islands

Administrative divisions of the United States Virgin Islands * Provinces of the United States Virgin Islands ** Districts of the United States Virgin Islands ***

Municipalities of the United States Virgin Islands A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the g ...

=Provinces of the United States Virgin Islands

= Provinces of the United States Virgin Islands

=Districts of the United States Virgin Islands

= Districts of the United States Virgin Islands

=Municipalities of the United States Virgin Islands

Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...

of the United States Virgin Islands: Charlotte Amalie * Cities of the United States Virgin Islands

Demography of the United States Virgin Islands

Demographics of the United States Virgin Islands This is a demography of the population of the United States Virgin Islands including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Populatio ...

Government and politics of the United States Virgin Islands

Politics of the United States Virgin Islands *

Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

: presidential

representative democratic Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represe ...

dependency *

of the United States Virgin Islands: Charlotte Amalie * Elections in the United States Virgin Islands *

Political parties in the United States Virgin Islands Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

Branches of the government of the United States Virgin Islands

Government of the United States Virgin Islands Politics of the United States Virgin Islands takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency, whereby the Governor is the head of the local government, and of a multi-party system. United States Virgin Islands ...

Legislative branch of the government of the United States Virgin Islands

Parliament of the United States Virgin Islands The Legislature of the Virgin Islands is the state legislature (United States), territorial legislature of the United States Virgin Islands. The legislative branch of the incorporated territory, unincorporated U.S. territory is unicameral, with ...

(

bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature, one divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single grou ...

) **

Upper house An upper house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smalle ...

: Senate of the United States Virgin Islands **

Lower house A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...

: House of Commons of the United States Virgin Islands

Judicial branch of the government of the United States Virgin Islands

Court system of the United States Virgin Islands A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance ...

Supreme Court of the United States Virgin Islands Supreme may refer to: Entertainment * Supreme (character), a comic book superhero * Supreme (film), ''Supreme'' (film), a 2016 Telugu film * Supreme (producer), hip-hop record producer * Supreme (song), "Supreme" (song), a 2000 song by Robbie Wil ...

Foreign relations of the United States Virgin Islands

Foreign relations of the United States Virgin Islands * Diplomatic missions in the United States Virgin Islands * Diplomatic missions of the United States Virgin Islands

International organization membership

The Territory of the United States Virgin Islands is a member of: *

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

(IOC) *

Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to t ...

(UPU) *

World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade unions established in 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the International Federation of ...

(WFTU)

Law and order in the United States Virgin Islands

Law of the United States Virgin Islands * Cannabis in the United States Virgin Islands * Constitution of the United States Virgin Islands *

Crime in the United States Virgin Islands In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ...

* Human rights in the United States Virgin Islands **

LGBT rights in the United States Virgin Islands In the U.S. Virgin Islands, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights have evolved substantially in recent years. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1985, and also provides explicit legal protections against discriminatio ...

Freedom of religion in the United States Virgin Islands Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving one ...

Law enforcement in the United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the United States Virgin Islands, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the territory. It was created to protect the lives and property of residents. The Royal Vir ...

Military of the United States Virgin Islands

Military of the United States Virgin Islands * Command ** Commander-in-chief: *** Ministry of Defence of the United States Virgin Islands * Forces ** Army of the United States Virgin Islands ** Navy of the United States Virgin Islands ** Air Force of the United States Virgin Islands **

Special forces of the United States Virgin Islands Special or specials may refer to: Policing * Specials, Ulster Special Constabulary, the Northern Ireland police force * Specials, Special Constable, an auxiliary, volunteer, or temporary; police worker or police officer Literature * ''Specia ...

Military history of the United States Virgin Islands A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

* Military ranks of the United States Virgin Islands

Local government in the United States Virgin Islands

History of the United States Virgin Islands

History of the United States Virgin Islands * Timeline of the history of the United States Virgin Islands * Current events of the United States Virgin Islands

History of the United States Virgin Islands, by period

* Indigenous peoples of the Virgin Islands **

Ciboney The Ciboney, or Siboney, were a Taíno people of western Cuba, Jamaica, and the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti. A Western Taíno group living in central Cuba during the 15th and 16th centuries, they had a dialect and culture distinct from the Classic ...

Arawaks The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous peoples of northern South America and of the Caribbean. Specifically, the term "Arawak" has been applied at various times to the Lokono of South America and the Taíno, wh ...

Caribs “Carib” may refer to: People and languages *Kalina people, or Caribs, an indigenous people of South America **Carib language, also known as Kalina, the language of the South American Caribs *Kalinago people, or Island Caribs, an indigenous pe ...

* First European contact, 1493–1519 *:On November 14, 1493, a Spanish fleet under the command of '' Christoffa Corombo'' (Christopher Columbus) lands on a large inhabited island which he names '' Santa Cruz'' (Holy Cross, now Saint Croix). Corombo then visits and names '' San Tomas'' (Saint Thomas) and '' San Juan'' (Saint John). Corombo names the archipelago '' Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Vírgenes'' (Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgins, now the

Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands ( es, Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. They are geologically and biogeographically the easternmost part of the Greater Antilles, the northern islands belonging to the Puerto Rico Trench and St. Croix ...

). *

Viceroyalty of New Spain New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( es, Virreinato de Nueva España, ), or Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain during the Spanish colonization of the Amer ...

, (1519–1650)-1821 *

French West Indies The French West Indies or French Antilles (french: Antilles françaises, ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Antiy fwansez) are the parts of France located in the Antilles islands of the Caribbean: * The two overseas departments of: ** Guadeloupe, ...

, 1650–1733 ** France wrests Saint Croix from Spain, 1650 ** Knights Hospitaller acquire Saint Croix from France, 1660 ** France reacquires Saint Croix from Knights Hospitaller, 1665 ** Denmark purchases Saint Croix from France, 1733 *

Danish West Indies The Danish West Indies ( da, Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands were a Danish colonization of the Americas, Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas ...

, 1657–1917 **

British occupation The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts esta ...

, 1801–1802 **

, 1807–1815 **

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, June 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 *** United States purchases Danish West Indies from Denmark on January 17, 1917 * Unorganized U.S. territory of the

, March 31, 1917 – June 22, 1936 **

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

enters

on April 6, 1917 *

Territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...

since June 22, 1936 ** Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States of June 22, 1936 **

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 ***

enters Second World War on December 8, 1941 **

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

, March 5, 1946 – December 25, 1991 **

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

, June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953 **

Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States The Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands is a United States federal law that repealed and replaced the previous Organic Act of the Virgin Islands. It was passed on July 22, 1954 by the U.S. Congress to act as the basis for law in the Unite ...

of July 22, 1954 **

Virgin Islands National Park The Virgin Islands National Park is an American national park preserving about 60% of the land area of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands, as well as more than of adjacent ocean, and nearly all of Hassel Island, just off the Charlo ...

established on August 2, 1956 **

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...

, September 26, 1959 – April 30, 1975 **

Persian Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...

, August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991 **

Hurricane Marilyn Hurricane Marilyn was the most powerful hurricane to strike the Virgin Islands since Hurricane Hugo of 1989, and the third such tropical cyclone in roughly a two-week time span to strike or impact the Leeward Islands, the others being Hurricane ...

, 1995 ** Attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 **

Afghanistan War War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to: *Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC) *Muslim conquests of Afghanistan (637–709) *Conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire (13th century), see als ...

, since October 7, 2001 **

Iraq War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Iraq War {{Nobold, {{lang, ar, حرب العراق (Arabic) {{Nobold, {{lang, ku, شەڕی عێراق (Kurdish languages, Kurdish) , partof = the Iraq conflict (2003–present), I ...

, since March 20, 2003

Culture of the United States Virgin Islands

Culture of the United States Virgin Islands *

Architecture of the United States Virgin Islands Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings o ...

* Cuisine of the United States Virgin Islands * Festivals in the United States Virgin Islands *

Languages of the United States Virgin Islands This is a demography of the population of the United States Virgin Islands including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Populatio ...

* Media in the United States Virgin Islands *

National symbols of the United States Virgin Islands National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands The seal of the United States Virgin Islands is an official symbol of the United States Virgin Islands. History The present seal was adopted on 1 January 1991 and replaced an earlier seal similar to the flag of the United States Virgin Islands, ...

Flag of the United States Virgin Islands The flag of the United States Virgin Islands was adopted on May 17, 1921. It consists of a simplified version of the coat of arms of the United States between the letters V and I (for 'Virgin Islands'). The yellow-colored eagle holds a sprig of ...

National anthem of the United States Virgin Islands The "Virgin Islands March" is the regional anthem of the United States Virgin Islands. The song was composed by Sam Williams and U.S. Virgin Island native Alton Adams in the 1920s. It served as an unofficial regional anthem of the U.S. Virgin Is ...

People of the United States Virgin Islands A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of prope ...

Public holidays in the United States Virgin Islands Holidays in the United States Virgin Islands include all official holidays of the United States as well as religious and secular holidays designated by the Government of the Virgin Islands. Public holidays Carnival In addition to these holidays ...

* Records of the United States Virgin Islands *

Religion in the United States Virgin Islands Religion in the United States Virgin Islands is varied. Only 6% of the population is non-Christian.Christianity in the United States Virgin Islands ** Hinduism in the United States Virgin Islands ** Islam in the United States Virgin Islands **

Judaism in the United States Virgin Islands Religion in the United States Virgin Islands is varied. Only 6% of the population is non-Christian.Sikhism in the United States Virgin Islands * World Heritage Sites in the United States Virgin Islands: None

Art in the United States Virgin Islands

* Art in the United States Virgin Islands * Cinema of the United States Virgin Islands * Literature of the United States Virgin Islands * Music of the United States Virgin Islands * Television in the United States Virgin Islands *

Theatre in the United States Virgin Islands Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actor, actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The p ...

Sports in the United States Virgin Islands

Sports in the United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islander culture reflects the various peoples that have inhabited the present-day British Virgin Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands throughout history. Although the territories are politically separate, they maintain close cultural ties. ...

Football in the United States Virgin Islands The sport of soccer (association football) in the United States Virgin Islands is run by the U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Federation. The association administers the national soccer team, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands Championship The U.S. Vi ...

Economy and infrastructure of the United States Virgin Islands

Economy of the United States Virgin Islands The economy of the United States Virgin Islands is primarily dependent upon tourism, trade, and other services, accounting for nearly 60% of the Virgin Island's GDP and about half of total civilian employment. Close to two million tourists per yea ...

* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): * Agriculture in the United States Virgin Islands * Banking in the United States Virgin Islands **

National Bank of the United States Virgin Islands National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

Communications in the United States Virgin Islands Communications in the United States Virgin Islands The following statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Telephone Telephones - main lines in use: 74,200 (2008) The traditional wire line provider in the United Stat ...

Internet in the United States Virgin Islands Communications in the United States Virgin Islands The following statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Telephone Telephones - main lines in use: 74,200 (2008) The traditional wire line provider in the United Stat ...

* Companies of the United States Virgin Islands * Currency of the United States Virgin Islands:

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* Energy in the United States Virgin Islands **

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** Oil industry in the United States Virgin Islands * Mining in the United States Virgin Islands * Tourism in the United States Virgin Islands *

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* the United States Virgin Islands Stock Exchange

Education in the United States Virgin Islands

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Infrastructure of the United States Virgin Islands

* Health care in the United States Virgin Islands *

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** Rail transport in the United States Virgin Islands **

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* Water supply and sanitation in the United States Virgin Islands

References

External links

; Official sites
Convention between the United States and Denmark for cession of the Danish West Indies
- Document signed in New York, August 4, 1916

* ttp://www.dkconsulateusvi.com/TRANSFER/transfer.html Transfer Day- Denmark's consulate in the U.S. Virgin Islands

- The World Factbook, CIA Publications

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150216044116/http://www.governordejongh.com/ USVI Governor's Website- Governor John P. deJongh's Website
USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Virgin Islands

Office of the Lieutenant Governor
- Office of Lt. Governor Gregory R. Francis ; News and media
The Virgin Islands Daily News
- Daily newspaper in St. Thomas covering the entire USVI
Virgin Islands Source
- Daily online news source from St. Croix, St. John & St. Thomas
St. John Tradewinds
- Weekly newspaper in St. John {{DEFAULTSORT:United States Virgin Islands