Country Chooser Country InformationAntigua and Barbuda Standards
Road Traffic:left side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V*
Frequency:60 Hz
Plug types:A & B,
Note:*Airport area is reportedly Antigua power is
110V.
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico
Area:
total: 442.6 sq km (Antigua 280 sq km; Barbuda 161 sq km)
land: 442.6 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Climate:
tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation
Terrain:
mostly low-lying limestone and coral islands, with some higher volcanic areas
Economy
GDP:
$1.61 billion (2008 est.)
$1.577 billion (2007)
$1.486 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
2.1% (2008 est.)
6.1% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$19,000 (2008 est.)
$18,900 (2007 est.)
$18,000 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 1.5% (2007 est.)
Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar - 2.7 (2007), 2.7 (2006), 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003)
note: fixed rate since 1976
People
Population: 85,632 (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: 1.303% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Anglican 25.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.3%, Pentecostal 10.6%, Moravian 10.5%, Roman Catholic 10.4%, Methodist 7.9%, Baptist 4.9%, Church of God 4.5%, other Christian 5.4%, other 2%, none or unspecified 5.8% (2001 census)
Languages:
English (official), local dialects
Government
Capital:
name: Saint John's
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Independence:
1 November 1981 (from the UK)
Note: Information on Antigua and Barbuda was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Antigua and Barbuda, please visit one of the links below.
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