The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States Virgin Islands: The Territory of the United States Virgin Islands is an unincorporated organized territory of the United States of America located in the western portion of the Virgin Islands Archipelago in the

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. The Virgin Islands are part of the

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of the Lesser Antilles. The

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comprises the eastern portion of the archipelago. The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John and Saint Thomas, along with the much smaller but historically distinct Water Island, and many other surrounding minor islands. The total land area of the territory is 346.36 km² (133.73 sq mi). As of the 2000 census the population was 108,612. Three of the main islands have nicknames often used by locals: "Rock City" (St. Thomas), "Love City" (St. John), and "Twin City" (St. Croix).

General reference

* Pronunciation: * Common English country names: The United States Virgin Islands or the U.S. Virgin Islands * Official English country name: The Territory of the United States Virgin Islands * Common endonym(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Virgin Island *

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(s): Virgin Islander * Etymology: Name of the United States Virgin Islands * ISO country codes: VI, VIR, 850 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:VI * Internet country code top-level domain: .vi

Geography of the United States Virgin Islands

Geography of the United States Virgin Islands * The United States Virgin Islands are: an

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of the United States * Location: ** Northern Hemisphere and

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*** North America (though not on the mainland) **

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***

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean S ...

(West Indies) ****

Antilles The Antilles (; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Antiy; es, Antillas; french: Antilles; nl, Antillen; ht, Antiy; pap, Antias; Jamaican Patois: ''Antiliiz'') is an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mex ...

***** Lesser Antilles ******

******* Virgin Islands archipelago ** Time zone:

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( UTC-04) ** Extreme points of the United States Virgin Islands *** High: Crown Mountain *** Low:

0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline: 188 km * Population of the United States Virgin Islands: * * Area of the United States Virgin Islands: * Atlas of the United States Virgin Islands

Environment of the United States Virgin Islands

* Climate of the United States Virgin Islands * Renewable energy in the United States Virgin Islands *

Geology of the United States Virgin Islands The geology of the U.S. Virgin Islands includes mafic volcanic rocks, with complex mineralogy that first began to erupt in the Mesozoic overlain and interspersed with carbonate and conglomerate units. Geologic history, stratigraphy, and tectonics ...

Protected areas of the United States Virgin Islands Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although th ...

** Biosphere reserves in the United States Virgin Islands ** National parks of the United States Virgin Islands * Superfund sites in the United States Virgin Islands * Wildlife of the United States Virgin Islands ** Fauna of the United States Virgin Islands *** Birds of the United States Virgin Islands ***

Mammals of the United States Virgin Islands Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

Natural geographic features of the United States Virgin Islands

* Fjords of the United States Virgin Islands *

Islands of the United States Virgin Islands Almost all of the Caribbean islands are in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest island is Cuba. Other sizable islands include Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the smaller islands are re ...

* Lakes of the United States Virgin Islands *

Mountains of the United States Virgin Islands A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...

** Volcanoes in the United States Virgin Islands *

Rivers of the United States Virgin Islands This is a list of rivers and streams of the United States Virgin Islands (U.S. territory), grouped by island. Saint Croix * Salt River Saint John From east to west, all flowing to the south coast: *Carolina Gut * Cob Gut *Lameshur Bay Gut ...

** Waterfalls of the United States Virgin Islands * Valleys of the United States Virgin Islands * World Heritage Sites in the United States Virgin Islands: None

Regions of the United States Virgin Islands

Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used fo ...

of the United States Virgin Islands: Charlotte Amalie * Cities of the United States Virgin Islands

Demography of the United States Virgin Islands

Demographics of the United States Virgin Islands

Government and politics of the United States Virgin Islands

Politics of the United States Virgin Islands Politics of the United States Virgin Islands takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency, whereby the Governor is the head of the local government, and of a multi-party system. United States Virgin Islands ...

* Form of government: presidential

representative democratic Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represe ...

dependency *

of the United States Virgin Islands: Charlotte Amalie * Elections in the United States Virgin Islands *

Political parties in the United States Virgin Islands Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...

Branches of the government of the United States Virgin Islands

Government of the United States Virgin Islands Politics of the United States Virgin Islands takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency, whereby the Governor is the head of the local government, and of a multi-party system. United States Virgin Islan ...

Legislative branch of the government of the United States Virgin Islands

* Parliament of the United States Virgin Islands ( bicameral) ** Upper house: Senate of the United States Virgin Islands ** Lower house: House of Commons of the United States Virgin Islands

Judicial branch of the government of the United States Virgin Islands

Court system of the United States Virgin Islands * Supreme Court of the United States Virgin Islands

Foreign relations of the United States Virgin Islands

Foreign relations of the United States Virgin Islands * Diplomatic missions in the United States Virgin Islands * Diplomatic missions of the United States Virgin Islands

International organization membership

The Territory of the United States Virgin Islands is a member of: * International Olympic Committee (IOC) *

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(UPU) * World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

Law and order in the United States Virgin Islands

Law of the United States Virgin Islands * Cannabis in the United States Virgin Islands * Constitution of the United States Virgin Islands * Crime in the United States Virgin Islands * Human rights in the United States Virgin Islands ** LGBT rights in the United States Virgin Islands ** Freedom of religion in the United States Virgin Islands * Law enforcement in the United States Virgin Islands

Military of the United States Virgin Islands

Military of the United States Virgin Islands * Command ** Commander-in-chief: *** Ministry of Defence of the United States Virgin Islands * Forces ** Army of the United States Virgin Islands ** Navy of the United States Virgin Islands ** Air Force of the United States Virgin Islands ** Special forces of the United States Virgin Islands * Military history of the United States Virgin Islands * Military ranks of the United States Virgin Islands

Local government in the United States Virgin Islands

History of the United States Virgin Islands

History of the United States Virgin Islands * Timeline of the history of the United States Virgin Islands * Current events of the United States Virgin Islands

History of the United States Virgin Islands, by period

* Indigenous peoples of the Virgin Islands **

Ciboney The Ciboney, or Siboney, were a Taíno people of western Cuba, Jamaica, and the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti. A Western Taíno group living in central Cuba during the 15th and 16th centuries, they had a dialect and culture distinct from the Classi ...

Arawaks The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of northern South America and of the Caribbean. Specifically, the term "Arawak" has been applied at various times to the Lokono of South America and the Taíno, who historically lived in the Greater ...

Caribs “Carib” may refer to: People and languages *Kalina people, or Caribs, an indigenous people of South America **Carib language, also known as Kalina, the language of the South American Caribs *Kalinago people, or Island Caribs, an indigenous pe ...

* First European contact, 1493–1519 *:On November 14, 1493, a Spanish fleet under the command of '' Christoffa Corombo'' (Christopher Columbus) lands on a large inhabited island which he names '' Santa Cruz'' (Holy Cross, now Saint Croix). Corombo then visits and names '' San Tomas'' (Saint Thomas) and ''

San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to: Places Argentina * San Juan Province, Argentina * San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province * San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province * San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...

'' (Saint John). Corombo names the archipelago '' Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Vírgenes'' (Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgins, now the Virgin Islands). *

Viceroyalty of New Spain New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( es, Virreinato de Nueva España, ), or Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain during the Spanish colonization of the Amer ...

, (1519–1650)-1821 * French West Indies, 1650–1733 ** France wrests Saint Croix from Spain, 1650 ** Knights Hospitaller acquire Saint Croix from France, 1660 ** France reacquires Saint Croix from Knights Hospitaller, 1665 ** Denmark purchases Saint Croix from France, 1733 *

Danish West Indies The Danish West Indies ( da, Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with ; Saint John ( da, St. Jan) with ; and Saint Croix with . The i ...

, 1657–1917 ** British occupation, 1801–1802 ** British occupation, 1807–1815 ** World War I, June 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 *** United States purchases Danish West Indies from Denmark on January 17, 1917 * Unorganized U.S. territory of the Virgin Islands, March 31, 1917 – June 22, 1936 ** United States enters World War I on April 6, 1917 * Territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States since June 22, 1936 ** Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States of June 22, 1936 ** World War II, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 *** United States enters Second World War on December 8, 1941 ** Cold War, March 5, 1946 – December 25, 1991 ** Korean War, June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953 ** Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States of July 22, 1954 ** Virgin Islands National Park established on August 2, 1956 ** Vietnam War, September 26, 1959 – April 30, 1975 ** Persian Gulf War, August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991 **

Hurricane Marilyn Hurricane Marilyn was the most powerful hurricane to strike the Virgin Islands since Hurricane Hugo of 1989, and the third such tropical cyclone in roughly a two-week time span to strike or impact the Leeward Islands, the others being Hurricane ...

, 1995 ** Attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 **

Afghanistan War War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to: *Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC) * Muslim conquests of Afghanistan (637–709) *Conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire (13th century), see al ...

, since October 7, 2001 ** Iraq War, since March 20, 2003

Culture of the United States Virgin Islands

Culture of the United States Virgin Islands * Architecture of the United States Virgin Islands * Cuisine of the United States Virgin Islands * Festivals in the United States Virgin Islands *

Languages of the United States Virgin Islands This is a demography of the population of the United States Virgin Islands including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Populati ...

* Media in the United States Virgin Islands * National symbols of the United States Virgin Islands ** Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands **

Flag of the United States Virgin Islands The flag of the United States Virgin Islands was adopted on May 17, 1921. It consists of a simplified version of the Great Seal of the United States, coat of arms of the United States between the letters V and I (for 'Virgin Islands'). The yellow ...

** National anthem of the United States Virgin Islands * People of the United States Virgin Islands *

Public holidays in the United States Virgin Islands Holidays in the United States Virgin Islands include all official holidays of the United States as well as religious and secular holidays designated by the Government of the Virgin Islands. Public holidays Carnival In addition to these holidays, ...

* Records of the United States Virgin Islands * Religion in the United States Virgin Islands ** Christianity in the United States Virgin Islands ** Hinduism in the United States Virgin Islands ** Islam in the United States Virgin Islands ** Judaism in the United States Virgin Islands ** Sikhism in the United States Virgin Islands * World Heritage Sites in the United States Virgin Islands: None

Art in the United States Virgin Islands

* Art in the United States Virgin Islands * Cinema of the United States Virgin Islands * Literature of the United States Virgin Islands * Music of the United States Virgin Islands * Television in the United States Virgin Islands * Theatre in the United States Virgin Islands

Sports in the United States Virgin Islands

Sports in the United States Virgin Islands * Football in the United States Virgin Islands

Economy and infrastructure of the United States Virgin Islands

Economy of the United States Virgin Islands The economy of the United States Virgin Islands is primarily dependent upon tourism, trade, and other services, accounting for nearly 60% of the Virgin Island's GDP and about half of total civilian employment. Close to two million tourists per yea ...

* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): * Agriculture in the United States Virgin Islands * Banking in the United States Virgin Islands ** National Bank of the United States Virgin Islands * Communications in the United States Virgin Islands ** Internet in the United States Virgin Islands * Companies of the United States Virgin Islands * Currency of the United States Virgin Islands: Dollar **

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: USD * Energy in the United States Virgin Islands ** Energy policy of the United States Virgin Islands ** Oil industry in the United States Virgin Islands * Mining in the United States Virgin Islands * Tourism in the United States Virgin Islands * Transport in the United States Virgin Islands * the United States Virgin Islands Stock Exchange

Education in the United States Virgin Islands

Infrastructure of the United States Virgin Islands

* Health care in the United States Virgin Islands * Transportation in the United States Virgin Islands ** Airports in the United States Virgin Islands ** Rail transport in the United States Virgin Islands ** Roads in the United States Virgin Islands * Water supply and sanitation in the United States Virgin Islands

References

External links

; Official sites
Convention between the United States and Denmark for cession of the Danish West Indies
- Document signed in New York, August 4, 1916

* ttp://www.dkconsulateusvi.com/TRANSFER/transfer.html Transfer Day- Denmark's consulate in the U.S. Virgin Islands

- The World Factbook, CIA Publications

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150216044116/http://www.governordejongh.com/ USVI Governor's Website- Governor John P. deJongh's Website
USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Virgin Islands

Office of the Lieutenant Governor
- Office of Lt. Governor Gregory R. Francis ; News and media
The Virgin Islands Daily News
- Daily newspaper in St. Thomas covering the entire USVI
Virgin Islands Source
- Daily online news source from St. Croix, St. John & St. Thomas
St. John Tradewinds
- Weekly newspaper in St. John {{DEFAULTSORT:United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands 1