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Anguilla
Anguilla
Anguilla
Anguilla
Anguilla
Anguilla
Anguilla
Anguilla
Anguilla
Anguilla
Anguilla
Anguilla
Date of Membership in CARICOM: 4 Jul 1999 - Learn more about membership in CARICOM
Also Known as:NA
Status of Independence:Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom
Area: 102 km2/(35 mls2)
Capital City: The Valley
Population: 13,477 (2006)
Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar
Highest National Award: NA
GDP: $765EC million (2012)
GDP per Capita: EC$41,666 (2006)
4th Century AD – Saladoid Amerindians settle on island
1650 First colonized by Britain
1656 Attempted invasion by Caribs
1796 Attempted invasion by France
1825 Developed close association with St Kitts
1967 St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla becomes a state and gains internal self-governance which sparked off the Anguilla Revolution
1969 Invasion by Britain after James Ronald Webster leads break away movement from St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Association
1980 Official separation of Anguilla from the Associated State of St. Christopher-Nevis
1982 New Constitution
{/exec_related_country} Hon. Victor Franklin BanksVisit Government Portal: http://www.gov.ai
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