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Quick Facts
Capital	Kingstown
Government	parliamentary democracy; independent sovereign state within the Commonwealth
Currency	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Area	389 sq km
Population	116,394 (July 2002 est.)
Language	English, French patois
Religion	Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, Hindu Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant
Calling Code	784
Internet TLD	.vc
Time Zone	UTC -4

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation in the Caribbean, north of Trinidad and Tobago. The independent island nation of Grenada is part of the same island group as the Grenadines.

Regions

Map of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Saint Vincent - the largest island, the majority of the territory
• Grenadines - an archipelago of 32 islands and cays, to the south

Cities

• Chateaubelair
• Georgetown
• Kingstown
• Barrouallie

Other destinations

Understand

Bananas and other agricultural products remain the staple of this lower-middle income country's economy. Although tourism and other services have been growing moderately in recent years, the government has been ineffective at introducing new industries. Unemployment remains high, and economic growth hinges upon seasonal variations in the agricultural and tourism sectors.

Climate

Tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November).

Landscape

Volcanic, mountainous. Highest point: Soufriere volcano (St Vincent) 1,234 m

Get in

By plane

The largest airport is E.T. Joshua Airport just outside of the capital of Kingstown. Most flights in and out are relatively local, mostly flying to nearby islands such as Barbados, and Saint Kitts.

By boat

The islands have many docks and bays, including two large enough to accommodate a cruise ship. Despite this, very few cruises stop in the country and the vast majority of travelers come to the country by airplane.

Get around

Talk

The main language on the islands is English. Due to being a former member of the British Commonwealth, British spellings are more common then American ones.

Buy

Costs

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Learn

Work

Stay safe

Hurricanes are an annual risk. Soufriere volcano on the island of Saint Vincent is occasionally active, but a sophisticated advance warning system is in place and resulted in zero casualties in its latest eruption in 1979.

Stay healthy

The US government suggests that hepatitus A and B shots be given to anyone traveling in the Caribbean, however there are no major health risks in the country.

Respect

Contact

St. Vincent uses the western style of calling codes, where all local numbers are seven digits. The are code for the islands is 784, which makes all international numbers for Saint Vincent in the form of 1-784-XXX-XXXX