Anguilla
1667
1871
12 July 1967
18 March 1969
English
Julia Crouch
Perin A. Bradley
91 km2 (35 sq mi)
negligible
73 m (240 ft)
15,753[2][3] (not ranked)
13,452
132/km2 (341.9/sq mi) (not ranked)
2014 estimate
$311 million[4]
$29,493
2020 estimate
US$307,000,000[5]
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Anguilla (/æŋˈɡwɪlə/ ang-GWIL-ə) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.[6] It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin.[7] The territory consists of the main island of Anguilla, approximately 16 miles (26 kilometres) long by 3 miles (5 km) wide at its widest point, together with a number of much smaller islands and cays with no permanent population. The territory's capital is The Valley.[8] The total land area of the territory is 35 square miles (91 km2),[9] with a population of approximately 15,753[2][3] (2021).
Etymology[edit]
The native Arawak name for the island was Malliouhana.[7]
In reference to the island's shape, the Italian anguilla, meaning "eel" (in turn, from the Latin diminutive of anguis, "snake") was used as its name.[8][10][11][12] Anguillan tradition holds that Christopher Columbus named the island.[13]