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=__St. Vincent and the Grenadines__=



__[|Anthem: Saint Vincent Land So Beautiful]__

//Verse 1// With joyful hearts we pledge to thee. Our loyalty and love and vow to keep you ever free.** Chorus: Our faith will see us through. May peace reign from shore to shore, And God bless and keep us true.** Verse 2: Your mountains high, so clear and green Are home to me, though I may stray A haven calm serene** Verse 3: Those gems, the lovely Grenadines. Upon their seas and golden sands, The sunshine ever beams.**
 * Saint Vincent, land so beautiful,
 * Whate'er the future brings.
 * Hairoun, our fair and blessed isle
 * Our little sister islands are,

=Location=

The relative location is southwest of St. Lucia, West of Barbados, and North of Young Island

[|Kingstown] is the capital. The coordinates are 13 09 N, 61 14 W. Some major cities are Georgetown, Wallibou, Fancy, and Chateaubelair.

=Place=



[|] Soufriere Volcano





Weather map

The [|climate] is tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

[|VC|VC005|KINGSTOWN&metric=1|Forecast] for Kingstown Intervals of clouds and sunshine. Winds from the NE at 22 km/h.Realfeel®: 33 °CHigh: 30 °C [|VC|VC005|KINGSTOWN&metric=1&fday=3|Monday Night], Feb 12[|VC|VC005|KINGSTOWN&metric=1&fday=3|More Details] Partly cloudy and humid. Winds from the ENE at 20 km/h.Realfeel®: 28 °CLow: 25 °C [|VC|VC005|KINGSTOWN&metric=1&fday=4|Tuesday], Feb 13[|VC|VC005|KINGSTOWN&metric=1&fday=4|More Details] Sun and some clouds. Winds from the ENE at 17 km/h.Realfeel®: 35 °CHigh: 30 °C [|VC|VC005|KINGSTOWN&metric=1&fday=4|Tuesday Night], Feb 13[|VC|VC005|KINGSTOWN&metric=1&fday=4|More Details] Humid with patchy clouds. Winds from the ENE at 12 km/h.Realfeel®: 30 °CLow: 25 °C [|VC|VC005|KINGSTOWN&metric=1&fday=5|Wednesday], Feb 14[|VC|VC005|KINGSTOWN&metric=1&fday=5|More Details] Intervals of clouds and sun. Winds from the ENE at 12 km/h.Realfeel®: 36 °CHigh: 31 °C [|VC|VC005|KINGSTOWN&metric=1&fday=5|Wednesday Night], Feb 14[|VC|VC005|KINGSTOWN&metric=1&fday=5|More Details] Partly cloudy and humid. Winds from the E at 12 km/h.Realfeel®: 30 °CLow: 25 °C

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[|Government leaders]
 * Governor General || **Frederick Nathaniel BALLANTYNE,** //Sir// ||
 * Prime Minister || **Ralph E. GONSALVES** ||
 * Dep. Prime Minister || **Louis STRAKER** ||
 * Min. of Agriculture, Forestry, & Fisheries || **Montgomery DANIEL** ||
 * Min. of Education || **Girlyn MIGUEL** ||
 * Min. of Finance || **Ralph E. GONSALVES** ||
 * Min. of Foreign Affairs, Commerce, & Trade || **Louis STRAKER** ||
 * Min. of Grenadine Affairs & Legal Affairs || **Ralph E. GONSALVES** ||
 * Min. of Health & the Environment || **Douglas SLATER** ||
 * Min. of Housing, Informal Human Settlements, Physical Planning, & Lands & Surveys || **Julian FRANCIS** ||
 * Min. of Information || **Ralph E. GONSALVES** ||
 * Min. of Labor || **Ralph E. GONSALVES** ||
 * Min. of National Mobilization, Social Development, NGO Relations, Family, Gender Affairs, & Persons with Disabilites || **Michael BROWNE** ||
 * Min. of Planning & Economic Development || **Ralph E. GONSALVES** ||
 * Min. of Rural Transformation, Information, Public Service, & Ecclesiastical Affairs || **Selmon WATERS** ||
 * Min. of Telecommunications, Science, Technology, & Industry || **Jerrol THOMPSON** ||
 * Min. of Tourism, Youth, & Sports || **Glen BEACHE** ||
 * Min. of Transportation & Works || **Clayton BURGIN** ||
 * Min. of Urban Development, Labor, Culture, & Electoral Matters || **Rene BAPTISTE** ||
 * Attorney General || **Judith JONES-MORGAN** ||
 * Ambassador to the US || **Ellsworth JOHN** ||
 * Permanent Representative to the UN, New York || **Margaret Hughes FERRARI** ||

The East Caribbean dollor is the [|Currency].

The population is [|117,848].

English and French patois are the [|languages].

The three major [|religions] are Anglican, Methodist, and Roman Catholic.

The [|life expectancies] are male//:// 71.99 years and male//:// 75.77 years

The [|literacy rate] is 96% for male and female.

The [|ethnic groups] are black, mixed, East Indian, Carib Amerindian, and there are others

[|Some facts]:


 * The coordinates for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are 13 15 N, 61 12 W
 * The area of it is //total://total: 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344 sq km) land: 389 sq km water: 0 sq km
 * It is trwice the size of Washington, DC
 * The coastline is 84 km long
 * The terrain is volcanic and mountainous
 * The amount of Irrigated land is 10 sq km
 * The natural hazards are hurricanes and the Soufriere volcano on the island of Saint Vincent is a constant threat
 * the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is comprised of 32 islands and cays
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gained independence on 27 October 1979 (from UK)
 * The exports are bananas, eddoes and dasheen (taro), and arrowstarch; tennis racquets

[|TIMELINE]
 * 1300** - Carib Indians of South America conquer the indigenous Arawak Indians.
 * [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39746000/jpg/_39746327_stvince_pa.jpg width="203" height="152"]]St Vincent's Arnos Vale cricket ground ||
 * 1498** - Christopher Columbus visits the main island on St Vincent's Day.
 * 1627** - St Vincent granted to Britain's Lord Carlisle
 * 1783** - Treaty of Versailles recognises St Vincent as a British colony.
 * 1812** - First recorded eruption of La Soufriere volcano which resulted in many casualties.
 * 1834** - Slavery abolished, forcing plantation owners to free more than 18,000 slaves; foreign labourers indentured.
 * 1902** - Second eruption of La Soufriere volcano results in the death of 2,000 inhabitants.
 * 1951** - St Vincent granted universal adult suffrage.
 * 1958-62** - St Vincent a member of the British-sponsored West Indies Federation.
 * October 27, 1979** - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines get Independance.

There is no rainforest in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

A [|major export] is bananas.

A trip by [|flight] there for one adult would cost

The UK had ruled over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is part of tthe Caribean Islands.

It is in the Northern [|Hemisphere].