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Saint Kitts and Nevis
| Location |
In the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, between Caribbean Sea, N Atlantic Ocean |
| Latitude and longitude |
17 20 N, 62 45 W |
| Sovereignty |
Independent |
| United Nations member? |
Yes |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Federation of Saint Kitts and
Nevis"; Saint Kitts is also known as St. Christopher |
| Population |
42,000 |
| Census notes |
est. June 2004 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
269 |
| Capital |
Basseterre |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Saint Christopher and Nevis Constitution Order 1983,
from the Constitution Society |
| Saint Christopher and Nevis Constitution Order 1983,
from the Political Database of the Americas, Georgetown University |
Other legal documents online
|
|
Eastern
Caribbean Supreme Court judgments |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Association of Caribbean States, Total
Population |
| Country
profile: St. Kitts and Nevis, from the BBC News |
| Fishery
Country Profile--St. Kitts and Nevis, from the Food and
Agriculture Organization |
| Independent
States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C. |
| St.
Kitts and Nevis, Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State
(2003) |
| St. Kitts and
Nevis, from the Nation’s Embassy (to the United States) and
Permanent Mission to the Organization of American States |
| St.
Kitts and Nevis Data Profile, from the World Bank Group |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: St Kitts and Nevis |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| LLRX.Com,
Guide to
Caribbean Law Research, by Yemisi Dina |
| Self-Determination
and Decentralisation in the Caribbean: Tobago and Nevis, by
Ralph R. Premdas (2000) |
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