• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: The British Virgin Islands
• Official English country name: Virgin Islands^[3]
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Virgin Island
• Demonym(s):
• ISO country codes: VG, VGB, 092
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:VG
• Internet country code top-level domain: .vg

Geography of the British Virgin Islands

• The British Virgin Islands are: a British overseas territory
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
    • North America (though not on the mainland)
  • Atlantic Ocean
    • North Atlantic
      • Caribbean, east of Puerto Rico
        • Antilles
          • Lesser Antilles
            • Leeward Islands
              • Virgin Islands archipelago
  • Time zone: Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC-04)
  • Extreme points of the British Virgin Islands
    • High: Mount Sage 521 m (1,709 ft)
    • Low: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  • Land boundaries: none
  • Coastline: 80 km
• Population of the British Virgin Islands: 2005 census: 22,016
• Area of the British Virgin Islands: 153 km²
• Atlas of the British Virgin Islands

Environment of the British Virgin Islands edit

• Climate of the British Virgin Islands
• Renewable energy in the British Virgin Islands
• Geology of the British Virgin Islands
• Protected areas of the British Virgin Islands
  • Biosphere reserves in the British Virgin Islands
  • National parks of the British Virgin Islands
• Wildlife of the British Virgin Islands
  • Fauna of the British Virgin Islands
    • Birds of the British Virgin Islands
    • Mammals of the British Virgin Islands

Natural geographic features of the British Virgin Islands edit

• Fjords of the British Virgin Islands
• Glaciers of the British Virgin Islands
• Islands of the British Virgin Islands
• Lakes of the British Virgin Islands
• Mountains of the British Virgin Islands
  • Volcanoes in the British Virgin Islands
• Rivers of the British Virgin Islands
  • Waterfalls of the British Virgin Islands
• Valleys of the British Virgin Islands
• World Heritage Sites in the British Virgin Islands: None

Regions of the British Virgin Islands edit

Regions of the British Virgin Islands

Ecoregions of the British Virgin Islands edit

List of ecoregions in the British Virgin Islands

Administrative divisions of the British Virgin Islands edit

Administrative divisions of the British Virgin Islands

• Provinces of the British Virgin Islands
  • Districts of the British Virgin Islands
    • Municipalities of the British Virgin Islands

Provinces of the British Virgin Islands edit

Provinces of the British Virgin Islands

Districts of the British Virgin Islands edit

Districts of the British Virgin Islands

Municipalities of the British Virgin Islands edit

Municipalities of the British Virgin Islands

• Capital of the British Virgin Islands: Road Town
• Cities of the British Virgin Islands

Demography of the British Virgin Islands edit

Demographics of the British Virgin Islands

Politics of the British Virgin Islands

• Form of government: parliamentary representative democratic dependency
• Capital of the British Virgin Islands: Road Town
• Elections in the British Virgin Islands
• Political parties in the British Virgin Islands
• Taxation in the British Virgin Islands

Branches of the government of the British Virgin Islands edit

Government of the British Virgin Islands

Executive branch of the government of the British Virgin Islands edit

• Head of state: Monarch of the United Kingdom, King Charles III
  • Monarch's representative: Governor of the British Virgin Islands, John Rankin
• Head of government: Premier of the British Virgin Islands, Natalio Wheatley
  • Heads of government of the British Virgin Islands
• Cabinet: Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands

Legislative branch of the government of the British Virgin Islands edit

• House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of the British Virgin Islands edit

Court system of the British Virgin Islands

• Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
  • High Court of Justice of the British Virgin Islands
  • Court of Appeal of the British Virgin Islands
• Magistrate's Court of the British Virgin Islands
• Juvenile Court of the British Virgin Islands
• Court of Summary Jurisdiction of the British Virgin Islands

Foreign relations of the British Virgin Islands edit

Foreign relations of the British Virgin Islands

• Diplomatic missions in the British Virgin Islands
• Diplomatic missions of the British Virgin Islands

International organization membership edit

The government of the British Virgin Islands is a member of:^[1]

• Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) (associate)
• Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) (subbureau)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (associate)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

Law and order in the British Virgin Islands edit

Law of the British Virgin Islands

• Constitution of the British Virgin Islands
• Crime in the British Virgin Islands
• Human rights in the British Virgin Islands
  • LGBT rights in the British Virgin Islands
  • Freedom of religion in the British Virgin Islands
• Law enforcement in the British Virgin Islands

Military of the British Virgin Islands edit

Military of the British Virgin Islands

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
    • Ministry of Defence of the British Virgin Islands
• Forces
  • Army of the British Virgin Islands
  • Navy of the British Virgin Islands
  • Air Force of the British Virgin Islands
  • Special forces of the British Virgin Islands
• Military history of the British Virgin Islands
• Military ranks of the British Virgin Islands

Local government in the British Virgin Islands edit

Local government in the British Virgin Islands

History of the British Virgin Islands

• Timeline of the history of the British Virgin Islands
• Current events of the British Virgin Islands
• Military history of the British Virgin Islands

Culture of the British Virgin Islands

• Architecture of the British Virgin Islands
• Cuisine of the British Virgin Islands
• Festivals in the British Virgin Islands
• Languages of the British Virgin Islands
• Media in the British Virgin Islands
• National symbols of the British Virgin Islands
  • Coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands
  • Flag of the British Virgin Islands
  • National anthem of the British Virgin Islands
• People of the British Virgin Islands
• Public holidays in the British Virgin Islands
• Records of the British Virgin Islands
• Religion in the British Virgin Islands
  • Christianity in the British Virgin Islands
  • Hinduism in the British Virgin Islands
  • Islam in the British Virgin Islands
  • Judaism in the British Virgin Islands
  • Sikhism in the British Virgin Islands
• World Heritage Sites in the British Virgin Islands: None

Art in the British Virgin Islands edit

• Art in the British Virgin Islands
• Cinema of the British Virgin Islands
• Literature of the British Virgin Islands

Literature edit

Among the noted names in Virgin Islands literature are Alphaeus Osario Norman (1885-1942), Verna Penn Moll, Jennie Wheatley, and Patricia G. Turnbull. Their poetry and that of 22 other writers, including the fastly emerging poet and literary critic Richard Georges, can be found in Where I See the Sun – Contemporary Poetry in The Virgin Islands (Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke), an anthology edited by Lasana M. Sekou in 2016.^[4]

• Music of the British Virgin Islands
• Television in the British Virgin Islands
• Theatre in the British Virgin Islands

Sports in the British Virgin Islands edit

Sports in the British Virgin Islands

• Football in the British Virgin Islands
• British Virgin Islands at the Olympics
• British Virgin Islands at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Economy of the British Virgin Islands

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 170th (one hundred and seventieth)
• Agriculture in the British Virgin Islands
• Banking in the British Virgin Islands
  • National Bank of the British Virgin Islands
• Communications in the British Virgin Islands
  • Internet in the British Virgin Islands
• Companies of the British Virgin Islands
• Currency of the British Virgin Islands: Dollar
  • ISO 4217: USD
• Energy in the British Virgin Islands
  • Energy policy of the British Virgin Islands
  • Oil industry in the British Virgin Islands
• Mining in the British Virgin Islands
• British Virgin Islands Stock Exchange
• Tourism in the British Virgin Islands
• Transport in the British Virgin Islands
  • Airports in the British Virgin Islands

Education in the British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands

• Index of British Virgin Islands-related articles
• List of British Virgin Islands-related topics
• List of international rankings
• Outline of geography
• Outline of North America
• Outline of the Caribbean
• Outline of the United Kingdom

  Wikimedia Atlas of the British Virgin Islands

Official sites and overviews

• The Government of the British Virgin Islands (official government site)
• The Government of the BVI, London Office – Official government site
• British Virgin Islands: Nature's Little Secrets – Official site of the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board
• The British Virgin Islands Ports Authority – Official site
• National Parks Trust of the British Virgin Islands – Official site
• British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission – Official site
• British Virgin Islands. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.

Directories

• British Virgin Islands at Curlie