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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 13 05 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 13.0833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 061 12 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -61.2000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by Caribs when Columbus sighted main island in 1498; Caribs repelled early European invasions; some settlement by Black Caribs (from African slaves shipwrecked in 1675); French and British vied for the area in the 18th century; Africans were brought as slaves; official language is English, though a French patois is also spoken. |
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| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (preferred,C,V,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Saint Vincent (C,V)
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| St Vincent and the Grenadines (C,V)
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| St. Vincent and the Grenadines (C,V)
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| Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| San Vicente y las Granadinas (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Sankt Vincent und die Grenadinen (C,O,German,U,N)
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| São Vicente e Granadinas (C,O,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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| Сент-Винсент и Гренадины (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| 圣文森特和格林纳丁斯 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| ساهت ف سًتً وجزر غرًياد نٍ (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| VCT (C,O,ISO3L)
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| VC (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO670 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| VC00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Saint Vincentian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Vincentian (C,O)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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self-governing since 1969, independent from Britain since 1979 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Kingstown .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint George) [1019072] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1979 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1980 |
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