Key facts
Capital: Basseterre
Location: Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago
Government: Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Currency: East Caribbean dollars (XCD)
Area: 261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis 93 sq km)
Population: 54,149 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: English (official)
Religion: Protestant 74.4% (includes Anglican 20.6%, Methodist 19.1%, Pentecostal 8.2%, Church of God 6.8%, Moravian 5.5%, Baptist 4.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4.7%, Evangelical 2.6%, Bretheren 1.8%, other .3%), Roman Catholic 6.7%, Rastafarian 1.7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.3%, other 7.6%, none 5.2%, unspecified 3.2% (2001 est.)
TimeZone: UTC-4
Tel Code: +1869
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