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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (/ˌɡrɛnəˈdnz/ GREH-nə-DEENZ) is an island country in the eastern Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies, at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea, where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean.

For the islands of the sovereign state, see Saint Vincent (Antilles) and Grenadines.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

27 October 1969

27 October 1979

389 km2 (150 sq mi) (184th)

negligible

110,872[2] (180th)

109,991[3]

307/km2 (795.1/sq mi) (39th)

2023 estimate

Increase $2 billion

Increase $17,840[4]

2023 estimate

Increase $1 billion

Increase $9,360[4]

Decrease 0.772[5]
high (81st)

UTC-4 (AST)

Its 369 km2 (142 sq mi) territory consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and, south of that, two-thirds of the northern part of the Grenadines, a chain of 32 smaller islands. Some of the Grenadines are inhabited—Bequia, Mustique, Union Island, Canouan, Petit Saint Vincent, Palm Island, Mayreau, Young Island—while others are not: Tobago Cays, Baliceaux, Battowia, Quatre, Petite Mustique, Savan and Petit Nevis. Most of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lies within the Hurricane Alley.


To the north of Saint Vincent lies Saint Lucia, to the east is Barbados, and Grenada lies to the south. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a population density of over 300 inhabitants/km2 (700 per sq mi), with an estimated population of 110,872.[6]


Kingstown is the capital and main port. Saint Vincent has a British colonial history, and is now part of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, CARICOM, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).


In April 2021, the La Soufrière volcano erupted several times with "explosive events" continuing. By 12 April, 16,000 residents had evacuated the area.[7][8] Assistance and emergency financial support was being provided by several nearby islands, the United Kingdom, and agencies such as the United Nations. The first significant offer of long-term funding, of US$20 million, was announced on 13 April 2021 by the World Bank.[9]

Etymology[edit]

Christopher Columbus, the first European to reach the island, named it after St. Vincent of Saragossa (San Vicente de Zaragoza) whose feast day was on the day Columbus first saw it (22 January 1498). The name of the Grenadines refers to the Spanish city of Granada, but to differentiate it from the island of the same name, the diminutive was used. Before the arrival of the Spaniards, the Kalinago natives who inhabited the island of St. Vincent called it Youloumain, in honour of Youlouca, the spirit of the rainbows, who they believed inhabited the island.[10][11]

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Outline of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

List of long place names

Index of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-related articles

Official website

Website of the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines

Chief of State and Cabinet Members