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Antigua and Barbuda (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 17 03 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 17.0500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 061 48 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -61.8000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises several islands; Columbus landed on Antigua in 1493; ceded to Britain in Treaty of Breda in 1667; Africans were brought here as slaves for the sugar plantations; was part of the Leeward Island Federation 1871-1956; official language is English. |
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| Antigua and Barbuda (preferred,C,V,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Antigua y Barbuda (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Antigua e Barbuda (C,O,Italian-P,U,N)
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| Antigua-et-Barbuda (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Antigua und Barbuda (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Антигуа и Барбуда (C,V,Russian-P,U)
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| 安提瓜和巴布达 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| أهد غِوا وبربودا (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| ATG (C,O,ISO3L)
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| AG (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO028 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| AC00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Antiguan Barbudan (C,O,English,U,A)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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independent from Britain since November 1, 1981 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| colony (H) |
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from 1667 |
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Related geographic places: |
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Saint Johns .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint John) [7005882] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1981 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1981 |
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