British Virgin Islands

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The British Virgin Islands is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean known for its yacht-filled harbors, coral reef-lined beaches, and status as an offshore financial center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Overseas Territory
archipelago
borderedBy Caribbean Sea
callingCode +1-284
capital Road Town
climate tropical
continent North America
country United Kingdom
currency US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
currencyCode US dollar
surface form: USD
demonym British Virgin Islands self-linksurface differs
surface form: British Virgin Islander
drivesOn left
formerColonyOf United Kingdom
governmentType parliamentary democracy
headOfGovernment premier of the British Virgin Islands
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom
internetTLD .vg
iso3166Code VG
knownFor beaches and coral reefs
offshore financial services industry
yachting and sailing
largestCity Road Town
legalSystem English common law
legislature House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands
locatedIn Caribbean Sea
Leeward Islands
Lesser Antilles
majorIsland Anegada
Jost Van Dyke
Tortola
Virgin Gorda
naturalHazard hurricanes
neighboringCountry Puerto Rico
neighboringTerritory U.S. Virgin Islands
surface form: United States Virgin Islands
officialLanguage English
partOf British West Indies
primaryEconomicSector financial services
tourism
regionalOrganizationMember Caribbean Community (associate member)
surface form: Caribbean Community (CARICOM) (associate member)

Caribbean Development Bank
Caribbean Tourism Organization
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (associate member)
surface form: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (associate member)
representedBy governor of the British Virgin Islands
sovereignState United Kingdom
status self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom
timeZone Atlantic Standard Time
usesDaylightSavingTime no
utcOffset −4

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U.S. Virgin Islands borderedBy British Virgin Islands
Caribbean Community (associate member) hasExample British Virgin Islands
Diocese of the Virgin Islands country British Virgin Islands
Diocese of the Virgin Islands regionServed British Virgin Islands
British Overseas Territories include British Virgin Islands
Leeward Islands countryIncludes British Virgin Islands
West Indies Federation memberState British Virgin Islands
Haredi Jews populationCenter British Virgin Islands
Caribbean Community associateMember British Virgin Islands
Lesser Antilles hasCountryOrTerritory British Virgin Islands
OECS memberState British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands demonym British Virgin Islands self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: British Virgin Islander
Virgin Islands Creole English hasRegion British Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands Creole English hasCountry British Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands Creole English hasEthnicGroup British Virgin Islands
this entity surface form: Virgin Islanders
Red Hook transportHubFor British Virgin Islands
Necker Island, British Virgin Islands locatedIn British Virgin Islands
Necker Island, British Virgin Islands governedBy British Virgin Islands
this entity surface form: British Virgin Islands authorities
Yemenite Jews populationCenter British Virgin Islands
British Overseas Territories Act 2002 appliesTo British Virgin Islands
Tortola country British Virgin Islands
Tortola locatedIn British Virgin Islands
Tortola isLargestOf British Virgin Islands
Tortola isMostPopulousOf British Virgin Islands
Flag of the British Virgin Islands country British Virgin Islands
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency hasMember British Virgin Islands
this entity surface form: Virgin Islands (UK)
Caribbean Examinations Council servesCountry British Virgin Islands
Caribbean Tourism Organization hasMember British Virgin Islands
Road Town country British Virgin Islands
Road Town locatedIn British Virgin Islands
this entity surface form: Virgin Islands
Road Town capitalOf British Virgin Islands
VG represents British Virgin Islands
VG appliesTo British Virgin Islands
this entity surface form: territory of British Virgin Islands
West Indies cricket team represents British Virgin Islands
Jost Van Dyke partOf British Virgin Islands
Jost Van Dyke administrativeTerritory British Virgin Islands
Council of Ministers country British Virgin Islands
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (OECS)
Hurricane Maria landfallLocation British Virgin Islands
Hurricane Maria affectedArea British Virgin Islands
Virgin Gorda partOf British Virgin Islands
Virgin Gorda administrativeTerritory British Virgin Islands
Anegada partOf British Virgin Islands
Hurricane Irma 2017 landfall British Virgin Islands
subject surface form: Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Dorian affectedCountry British Virgin Islands