British Virgin Islands

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British Overseas Territory archipelago

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
British Virgin Islander 1
British Virgin Islands authorities 1
Virgin Islanders 1

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Overseas Territories Act 2002 → appliesTo → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Caribbean Community → associateMember → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands → borderedBy → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Diocese of the Virgin Islands → country → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Tortola → country → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Leeward Islands → countryIncludes → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
British Virgin Islands → demonym → British Virgin Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Virgin Islander
Necker Island, British Virgin Islands → governedBy → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Virgin Islands authorities
Virgin Islands Creole English → hasCountry → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Lesser Antilles → hasCountryOrTerritory → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Virgin Islands Creole English → hasEthnicGroup → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgin Islanders
Caribbean Community (associate member) → hasExample → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Virgin Islands Creole English → hasRegion → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
British Overseas Territories → include → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Tortola → isLargestOf → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Tortola → isMostPopulousOf → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Necker Island, British Virgin Islands → locatedIn → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Tortola → locatedIn → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
OECS → memberState → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
West Indies Federation → memberState → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Yemenite Jews → populationCenter → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Diocese of the Virgin Islands → regionServed → British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Red Hook → transportHubFor → British Virgin Islands ⓘ