Saint Kitts & Nevis Cities with Hotels

    Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of, independent state, eastern Caribbean Sea, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, comprising two of the Leeward Islands, Saint Kitts (or Saint Christopher) and Nevis, in the West Indies. The island of St. Kitts is traversed by a mountain range, the highest point being Mount Liamuiga (1315 m/4314 ft). Area of the country is about 267 sq km (102 sq mi).
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    The climate is tropical; the average annual temperature is 26.7° C (80° F). The population (1989 estimate) of 44,100 consists primarily of descendants of Europeans and western Africans. English is the official language, but a local patois is also spoken. Basseterre (population, 1985 estimate, 18,500) is the country's capital and the chief port on St. Kitts; Charlestown (population, 1980 census, 1243), is the chief port on Nevis and the birthplace of the 18th-century statesman Alexander Hamilton. Agriculture is the principal economic activity, although tourism is of increasing importance. Sugar and molasses are the chief products; coconuts and fruits and vegetables are also produced. Exports depend heavily on the production of sugar. The unit of currency is the East Caribbean dollar (2.69 E.C. dollars equal U.S.$1; 1990).
    Under the 1983 constitution, the head of state is the British monarch, represented in St. Kitts and Nevis by a governor-general. The head of government is the prime minister, who must command a majority of the unicameral national assembly.
    Christopher Columbus landed on the islands in 1493 and named St. Kitts for his patron, St. Christopher. They were settled by the English in 1623 and 1628 respectively. St. Kitts was seized by the French several times in the 17th and 18th centuries but finally was ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1783. St. Kitts, Nevis, and Anguilla were united as a British dependency in 1871 that became an internally self-governing member of the West Indies Associated States in 1967. Anguilla was placed under direct British rule in 1971 and officially withdrawn from the dependency in 1980. St. Kitts and Nevis jointly attained full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations on September 19, 1983.

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