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British Virgin Islands
| Location |
between Caribbean Sea, N AtlanticOcean |
| Latitude and longitude |
18 45 N, 64 50 W |
| Sovereignty |
United Kingdom |
|
Population
|
13,195
|
| Census notes |
est. July 1996 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
153 |
| Capital |
Road Town, Tortola |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Virgin
Islands (Constitution) Order 2007, from the
Government of the British Virgin
Islands |
| Virgin
Islands (Constitution) Order 1976, as amended, from the
Government of the British Virgin
Islands |
| British
Overseas Territories Act 2002, on the ISLAND LAW website |
Other legal documents online
|
|
Eastern
Caribbean Supreme Court judgments |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| British
Virgin Islands |
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| Government of the Virgin
Islands |
| LLRX.Com, Guide
to Caribbean Law Research, by Yemisi Dina |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Global
Issues: Overseas Territories |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: British Virgin Islands |
| United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island
Directory |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| United Nations Secretariat, Working
Paper on the British Virgin Islands, prepared for the Special
Committee of the U.N. General Assembly on the Situation with Regard to
the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
Colonial Countries and Peoples (A/AC.109/2004/3, April 8, 2004) (PDF) |
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