Antigua and Barbuda

Map of Antigua and Barbuda

Country name	Antigua and Barbuda
Capital	Saint John's
Sex ratio	1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.87 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Religions	Protestant 76.4% (Anglican 25.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 12.3%, Pentecostal 10.6%, Moravian 10.5%, Methodist 7.9%, Baptist 4.9%, Church of God 4.5%), Roman Catholic 10.4%, other Christian 5.4%, other 2%, none or unspecified 5.8% (2001 census)
Nationality	Antiguan(s), Barbudan(s)
National holiday	Independence Day (National Day), 1 November (1981)
Independence	1 November 1981 (from the UK)
Languages	English (official), local dialects
Literacy: definition	age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 85.8% male: NA female: NA (2003 est.)
Location	Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico
Geographic coordinates	17 03 N, 61 48 W
Map references	Central America and the Caribbean
Area	total: 442.6 sq km (Antigua 280 sq km; Barbuda 161 sq km) land: 442.6 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Redonda, 1.6 sq km
Area – comparative	2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	153 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Climate	tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation
Terrain	mostly low-lying limestone and coral islands, with some higher volcanic areas
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Boggy Peak 402 m
Natural resources	NEGL; pleasant climate fosters tourism
Imports - commodities	food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil
Exports - commodities	petroleum products, bedding, handicrafts, electronic components, transport equipment, food and live animals
Land use	arable land: 18.18% permanent crops: 4.55% other: 77.27% (2005)
Irrigated land	1.3 sq km
Total renewable water resources	0.1 cu km (2000)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 0.005 cu km/yr (60%/20%/20%) per capita: 63 cu m/yr (1990)
Natural hazards	hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October); periodic droughts
Environment - current issues	water management - a major concern because of limited natural freshwater resources - is further hampered by the clearing of trees to increase crop production, causing rainfall to run off quickly
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note	Antigua has a deeply indented shoreline with many natural harbors and beaches; Barbuda has a large western harbor