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St Vincent and the Grenadines
Donique Billingy
Andre Browne
Date of Membership in CARICOM: 1 May 1974 - Learn more about membership in CARICOM
Also Known as:Jewels of the Caribbean
Status of Independence:Independent 1979/10/27
Area: 389 km2 (150 miles2)
Capital City: Kingstown
Population: 100,892 (2009)
Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar (EC$)
Highest National Award: Order of British Empire and Member of British Empire
GDP:
GDP Growth: –0.6% p.a. 2009–13
GNI: US$722m
GNI PC: US$6,580
1675 Africans arrive via shipwrecked Dutch slave ship. They settled and inter married with Caribs, Establishing a Black Carib Community – the Garifuna
1772 Attempts made by Britain to colonise the island but encountered French settlers
1783 Finally ceded to Britain following numerous battles for possession with France
1796 Black Carib revolt crushed by Britain. 5,000 Black Caribs deported to Roatan (Honduras)
Eruption of La Soufriere volcano, killing 2,000 people
1958 Member of the West Indies Federation
1969 Associated Statehood with Britain (full internal self-government) within WISA. Milton Cato,
First Premier
1979 Independence achieved. Milton Cato, First Prime Minister
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St Vincent is the world’s largest producer of arrowroot. It was first used by the Caribs for arrow wounds
St Vincent’s Botanical Gardens is founded in 1765, is the oldest in the western Hemisphere. Here you will find descendants of the original breadfruit trees, brought by Captain Bligh to provide Food for the slaves