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The British Virgin Islands are a group of islands located in the northeast Carribean. They include Tortola , Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke , Peter Island, Salt Island, Beef Island, Cooper Island, Ginger Island, Norman Island, and many other small islands all clustered around Sir Francis Drake Channel.

They are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.

British Virgin Islands


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National motto:
The Land, The People, The Light

Official language|

English

Political status

Non- sovereign, Overseas territory of the UK

Capital

Road Town

Governor

Tom Macan

Chief minister

Orlando SmithOrlando Smith (born 1944) is the chief minister of the British Virgin Islands since June 17 2003. He achieved that position when his National Democratic Party won parliamentary elections for the first time in its history. British Virgin Islands.

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Ranked 175th
21,730
260/km²

UTC -4

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Countries in West Indies
Antigua and Barbuda \| Bahamas \| Barbados \| Cuba \| Dominica \| Dominican Republic \| Grenada \| Haiti \| Jamaica \| Saint Kitts and Nevis \| Saint Lucia \| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines \| Trinidad and Tobago
Dependencies: Anguilla \| Aruba \| British Virgin Islands \| Cayman Islands \| Guadeloupe \| Martinique \| Montserrat \| Navassa Island \| Netherlands Antilles \| Puerto Rico \| Turks and Caicos Islands \| U.S. Virgin Islands

Overseas territories of the United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia \| Anguilla \| Bermuda \| British Antarctic Territory \| British Indian Ocean Territory \| British Virgin Islands \| Cayman Islands \| Falkland Islands \| Gibraltar \| Montserrat \| Pitcairn Islands \| Saint Helena ( Ascension & Tristan da Cunha) \| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands \| Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom)
Antigua and Barbuda \| The Bahamas¹ \| Barbados \| Belize \| Dominica \| Grenada \| Guyana \| Haiti \| Jamaica \| Montserrat \| Saint Kitts and Nevis \| Saint Lucia \| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines \| Suriname \| Trinidad and Tobago
Associate members: British Virgin Islands \| Turks and Caicos Islands
Observer status: Anguilla \| Aruba \| Bermuda \| Cayman Islands \| Colombia \| Dominican Republic \| Mexico \| Netherlands Antilles \| Puerto Rico \| Venezuela
¹ A member of the community but not the common market.

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