U.S. Virgin Islands

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Caribbean archipelago island territory unincorporated territory of the United States

The U.S. Virgin Islands is a Caribbean archipelago and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its tropical beaches, tourism, and strategic location.

Aliases (8)

United States Virgin Islands ×87
Danish West Indies ×12
Spanish Virgin Islands ×6
Virgin Islands ×6
island of Saint Thomas ×2
District of the Virgin Islands ×1
US Virgin Islands ×1
United States Virgin Islands customs territory ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caribbean archipelago → island territory → unincorporated territory of the United States →
borderedBy	British Virgin Islands → Puerto Rico →
callingCode	+1-340 →
capital	Charlotte Amalie →
climate	tropical →
continent	North America →
country	United States of America →
currency	United States dollar →
drivesOnThe	left →
formerName	Danish West Indies →
governmentType	unincorporated organized territory →
hasInternationalAirport	Cyril E. King Airport → Henry E. Rohlsen Airport →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands →
includesIsland	Saint Croix → Saint John → Saint Thomas → Water Island →
internetTLD	.vi →
ISO3166-1Alpha2	VI →
judicialBody	District Court of the Virgin Islands → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands →
largestCity	Charlotte Amalie →
legislature	Legislature of the Virgin Islands →
locatedIn	Caribbean Sea → Lesser Antilles → West Indies →
mainIndustry	cruise tourism →
mainPort	Charlotte Amalie harbor →
nationalMonument	Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument →
nationalPark	Virgin Islands National Park →
nationalSymbol	Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands → Flag of the United States Virgin Islands →
officialLanguage	English →
populationCharacteristic	majority Afro-Caribbean →
primaryEconomicSector	services → tourism →
purchasedFrom	Denmark →
purchaseYear	1917 →
religionMajority	Christianity →
residentCommissionerTitle	Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives →
sovereignState	United States of America →
strategicLocation	entrance to the Panama Canal approaches →
timeZone	Atlantic Standard Time →
usesElectricityStandard	US 110V 60Hz →
usesLegalSystem	United States law →

Referenced by (137)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
99 Steps ("United States Virgin Islands") → Annaberg Sugar Plantation ruins → Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim ("United States Virgin Islands") → Blackbeard's Castle ("United States Virgin Islands") → Cayo Tiburón ("Spanish Virgin Islands") → Charlotte Amalie Historic District ("United States Virgin Islands") → Cinnamon Bay ("United States Virgin Islands") → Cyril E. King Airport ("United States Virgin Islands") → D.V.I. ("United States Virgin Islands") → District Court of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Government Hill area of Charlotte Amalie ("United States Virgin Islands") → Henry E. Rohlsen Airport ("United States Virgin Islands") → Magens Bay ("United States Virgin Islands") → National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → National Natural Landmark → Red Hook ("United States Virgin Islands") → Saint Thomas Harbor → St. Thomas Synagogue ("United States Virgin Islands") → Tap Hus ("United States Virgin Islands") → Taphus → Tutu ("United States Virgin Islands") → United States Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex ("United States Virgin Islands") → Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument ("United States Virgin Islands") → Virgin Islands National Park ("United States Virgin Islands") →	locatedIn
Blackbeard's Castle ("United States Virgin Islands") → Charlotte Amalie ("United States Virgin Islands") → Charlotte Amalie Harbor ("United States Virgin Islands") → Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Diocese of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Fort Christian ("United States Virgin Islands") → Frederik Lutheran Church ("United States Virgin Islands") → Government of the United States Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Legislature Building ("United States Virgin Islands") → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Saint Thomas ("United States Virgin Islands") → Superior Court of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Tap Hus ("United States Virgin Islands") → Trunk Bay ("United States Virgin Islands") →	country
Cayo Luis Peña ("Spanish Virgin Islands") → Charlotte Amalie ("United States Virgin Islands") → Culebrita ("Spanish Virgin Islands") → Saint Croix ("United States Virgin Islands") → Saint John ("United States Virgin Islands") → Saint Thomas ("United States Virgin Islands") → Saint Thomas–Saint John District ("United States Virgin Islands") → St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Tap Hus ("Danish West Indies") → Taphus ("Danish West Indies") → Water Island ("United States Virgin Islands") →	partOf
D.V.I. ("United States Virgin Islands") → District Court of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Superior Court of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands ("District of the Virgin Islands") → United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ("United States Virgin Islands") → United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs ("United States Virgin Islands") →	jurisdiction
Insular Cases doctrine ("United States Virgin Islands") → Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → Title 48 of the United States Code ("United States Virgin Islands") →	appliesTo
Saint John ("Virgin Islands") → Saint Thomas ("Virgin Islands") → Water Island ("Virgin Islands") →	archipelago
Esperanza ("Spanish Virgin Islands") → Saint Thomas ("United States Virgin Islands") → Saint Thomas ("Virgin Islands") →	belongsToIslandGroup
Charlotte Amalie Harbor → Diocese of the Virgin Islands → Middle States Commission on Higher Education →	regionServed
Cyril E. King Airport ("United States Virgin Islands") → Henry E. Rohlsen Airport ("United States Virgin Islands") → T-Mobile US →	serves
Saint Croix ("United States Virgin Islands") → Saint Thomas ("United States Virgin Islands") →	administrativeDivisionOf
Danish West India Company ("Danish West Indies") → Taphus ("Danish West Indies") →	associatedWith
Charlotte Amalie ("United States Virgin Islands") → Taphus →	capitalOf
National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") → United States National Guard →	hasJurisdiction
Danish colonial empire ("Danish West Indies") → United States territories ("United States Virgin Islands") →	hasPart
Cayo Ballena ("Spanish Virgin Islands") → Charlotte Amalie ("Virgin Islands") →	locatedInArchipelago
Cruz Bay Visitor Center ("United States Virgin Islands") → Frederik Lutheran Church →	locatedInTerritory
Charlotte Amalie Harbor ("United States Virgin Islands") → St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") →	territory
Danish West India Company ("Danish West Indies") →	administered
Governor of the United States Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") →	appliesToJurisdiction
National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") →	appliesToTerritory
Saint Thomas Harbor ("United States Virgin Islands customs territory") →	belongsTo
Danish West India Company ("Danish West Indies") →	colonialPowerOf
Lesser Antilles and Lucayan Archipelago ("United States Virgin Islands") →	containsDependentTerritory
Leeward Islands →	countryIncludes
Tutu →	countrySubdivision
United States territories ("United States Virgin Islands") →	currentInhabitedTerritories
U.S. Virgin Islands ("Danish West Indies") →	formerName
Fort Christian ("Danish West Indies") →	hasCategory
Virgin Islands Creole English ("United States Virgin Islands") →	hasCountry
Lesser Antilles ("United States Virgin Islands") →	hasCountryOrTerritory
Caribbean Sea ("Virgin Islands") →	hasIslandGroup
U.S. Caribbean territories ("United States Virgin Islands") →	hasMember
Virgin Islands Creole English →	hasRegion
Advance Auto Parts →	hasRetailOutletsIn
Governor of the United States Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") →	headOfGovernmentFor
Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") →	highestCourtOf
Denmark–Norway ("Danish West Indies") →	includedTerritory
United States territorial waters →	includesAreasOff
United States of America →	includesTerritory
Tap Hus ("United States Virgin Islands") →	isCapitalOf
Charlotte Amalie ("United States Virgin Islands") →	isCommercialCenterOf
Tap Hus ("United States Virgin Islands") →	isLargestCityOf
Cyril E. King Airport ("island of Saint Thomas") →	isLocatedOn
Playa Zoni ("Spanish Virgin Islands") →	isPartOf
Charlotte Amalie ("United States Virgin Islands") →	isTourismHubOf
Atlantic Time Zone →	isUsedInCountry
Charlotte Amalie ("United States Virgin Islands") →	largestCityOf
Saint Croix ("United States Virgin Islands") →	largestIslandOf
Legislature of the Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") →	legislativeBodyFor
Blackbeard's Castle ("island of Saint Thomas") →	locatedOn
Aliyah Boston →	movedToMainlandUSFrom
British Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") →	neighboringTerritory
Fort Christian ("United States Virgin Islands") →	oldestStandingStructureIn
Danish West India Company ("Danish West Indies") →	operatedIn
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("United States Virgin Islands") →	operatesIn
Universal Health Services →	operatesInCountry
Camille Pissarro ("Danish West Indies") →	placeOfBirth
Haredi Jews ("US Virgin Islands") →	populationCenter
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island →	recruitsFrom
Coat of arms of the United States Virgin Islands ("United States Virgin Islands") →	represents
Charlotte Amalie ("United States Virgin Islands") →	roadTrafficRuleJurisdiction
Danish colonial empire ("United States Virgin Islands") →	successor
Legislature Building ("United States Virgin Islands") →	territorialJurisdiction
Danish West India Company ("United States Virgin Islands") →	territoryBecame