The location of Anguilla An enlargeable map of the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla ">Anguilla.html" ;"title="British Overseas Territory of British Overseas Territory of Anguilla The following Outline (list)">outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Anguilla: Anguilla">Anguilla">British Overseas Territory of Anguilla The following Outline (list)">outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Anguilla: Anguilla – one of the most northerly of the

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in the

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, lying east of

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and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin (island), Saint Martin. Anguilla has become a popular tax haven, having no capital gains, estate, profit or other forms of direct taxation on either individuals or corporations.

General reference

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: * Common English country name:

Anguilla Anguilla is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Sa ...

* Official English country name:

* Common

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

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(s): * ISO country codes: AI, AIA, 660 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:AI *

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: .ai

Geography of Anguilla

Geography of Anguilla Anguilla is an island in the Leeward Islands. It has numerous bays, including Barnes, Little, Rendezvous, Shoal, and Road Bays. Statistics Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, east of Puerto Rico Geographic coordinates: 18°1 ...

* Anguilla is: an

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and

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consisting of it and a number of smaller

s and cays. * Location: **

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and

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***

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

(off the

East Coast of the United States The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the region encompassing the coast, coastline where the Eastern United States meets the Atlantic Ocean; it has always pla ...

, southeast of

) **

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...

***

Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...

****

Antilles The Antilles is an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east. The Antillean islands are divided into two smaller groupings: the Greater An ...

*****

(island chain) ******

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 ( UTC-04) ** Extreme points of Anguilla *** High: Crocus Hill *** Low:

Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and southwest of the Sargasso Sea. It is bounded by the Greater Antilles to the north from Cuba ...

0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline: 61 km * Population of Anguilla: 13,477 (2006) - 212th most populous country * Area of Anguilla: - 220th largest country * Atlas of Anguilla

Environment of Anguilla

* Climate of Anguilla * Renewable energy in Anguilla * Geology of Anguilla * Protected areas of Anguilla ** List of biosphere reserves in Anguilla, Biosphere reserves in Anguilla ** List of national parks of Anguilla, National parks of Anguilla * Wildlife of Anguilla ** Fauna of Anguilla *** Birds of Anguilla *** Mammals of Anguilla

Natural geographic features of Anguilla

* Fjords of Anguilla * Glaciers of Anguilla * Islands of Anguilla * Lakes of Anguilla * Mountains of Anguilla ** Volcanoes in Anguilla * Rivers of Anguilla ** Waterfalls of Anguilla * Valleys of Anguilla * World Heritage Sites in Anguilla: None

Regions of Anguilla

Demography of Anguilla

Demographics of Anguilla

Government and politics of Anguilla

Politics of Anguilla *

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parliamentary In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

representative democratic dependency * Capital of Anguilla: The Valley *

Elections in Anguilla Anguilla elects on territorial level a legislature. The Anguilla House of Assembly, House of Assembly has 13 members, 7 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituency, constituencies, 4 members elected at large and 2 ex officio ...

* Political parties in Anguilla

Branches of government

Government of Anguilla

Executive branch of the government of Anguilla

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King Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. Charles was born at Buckingham Palace during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and ...

** Monarch's representative: Governor of Anguilla *

Head of government In the Executive (government), executive branch, the head of government is the highest or the second-highest official of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presid ...

Chief Minister of Anguilla The Premier of Anguilla is the head of government in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla. The Premier is appointed by the Governor of Anguilla on behalf of the monarch of the United Kingdom, currently Charles III, King Charles III. Up u ...

* Cabinet of Anguilla

Legislative branch of the government of Anguilla

* Anguilla House of Assembly

Judicial branch of the government of Anguilla

Court system of Anguilla * Supreme Court of Anguilla

Foreign relations of Anguilla

Foreign relations of Anguilla * Diplomatic missions in Anguilla * Diplomatic missions of Anguilla

International organization membership

Anguilla is a member of: * Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) (associate) *

Caribbean Development Bank The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is a development bank that helps Caribbean countries finance social and economic programs in its member countries through loans, grants, and technical assistance. The CDB was established by an Agreement signed ...

(CDB) * International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) (subbureau) *

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS; French: ''Organisation des États de la Caraïbe orientale'', OECO) is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal ...

(OECS) *

Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations and facilitates a uniform worldwide postal system. It has 192 member states and is headquartered in Be ...

(UPU) *

World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade union, trade unions established on October 3, 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the Int ...

(WFTU)

Law and order in Anguilla

Law of Anguilla Law Enforcement in Anguilla

Military of Anguilla

Military of Anguilla * Anguilla has no military of its own: Anguilla is a

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of the

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(UK), and the UK is responsible for its military defence. * Command ** Commander-in-chief *** Ministry of Defence of Anguilla * Forces **

Army An army, ground force or land force is an armed force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or country. It may also include aviation assets by ...

of Anguilla: none **

Navy A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the military branch, branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral z ...

of Anguilla: none **

Air Force An air force in the broadest sense is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army aviati ...

of Anguilla: none **

Special forces Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...

of Anguilla: none * Military history of Anguilla * Military ranks of Anguilla

Local government in Anguilla

History of Anguilla

History of Anguilla * Timeline of the history of Anguilla * Current events of Anguilla * Military history of Anguilla

Culture of Anguilla

Culture of Anguilla * Architecture of Anguilla * Cuisine of Anguilla * Festivals in Anguilla * Languages of Anguilla * Media in Anguilla * National symbols of Anguilla ** Coat of arms of Anguilla ** Flag of Anguilla ** National anthem of Anguilla * People of Anguilla * Public holidays in Anguilla * Records of Anguilla * Religion in Anguilla ** Christianity in Anguilla ** Hinduism in Anguilla ** Islam in Anguilla ** Judaism in Anguilla ** Sikhism in Anguilla * World Heritage Sites in Anguilla: None

Art in Anguilla

* Art in Anguilla * Cinema of Anguilla * Literature of Anguilla * Music of Anguilla * Television in Anguilla * Theatre in Anguilla

Sports in Anguilla

Sports in Anguilla * Football in Anguilla * Anguilla at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Anguilla

Economy of Anguilla * Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 188th (one hundred and eighty eighth) * Communications in Anguilla ** Internet in Anguilla * Companies of Anguilla * Currency of Anguilla:

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ISO 4217 ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individ ...

: XCD * Anguilla Stock Exchange * Transport in Anguilla ** Airports in Anguilla

Education in Anguilla

Education in Anguilla * List of schools in Anguilla *

Saint James School of Medicine Saint James School of Medicine (SJSM) is a Private university, private For-profit higher education in the United States, for-profit offshore medical school, offshore medical school which had two basic science campuses, one in British Overseas ...

References

External links

; Official sites
Government of Anguilla
– Official government web site
Anguilla Guide
– Official publication of the Anguilla Hotel and Tourism Association ; News and media
A_A News
– Online news source in Anguilla ; Portals
Anguilla
''The World Factbook''. Central Intelligence Agency. * ; History
Imperial History of Anguilla
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anguilla Outlines of countries, Anguilla Outlines, Anguilla Anguilla, Anguilla-related lists,

General reference

Geography of Anguilla

Environment of Anguilla

Natural geographic features of Anguilla

Regions of Anguilla

Ecoregions of Anguilla

Administrative divisions of Anguilla

= Municipalities of Anguilla

Demography of Anguilla

Government and politics of Anguilla

Branches of government

Executive branch of the government of Anguilla

Legislative branch of the government of Anguilla

Judicial branch of the government of Anguilla

Foreign relations of Anguilla

International organization membership

Law and order in Anguilla

Military of Anguilla

Local government in Anguilla

History of Anguilla

Culture of Anguilla

Art in Anguilla

Sports in Anguilla

Economy and infrastructure of Anguilla

Education in Anguilla

See also

References

External links