Besides being A Good Name for a Rock Band, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a country located in the Caribbean sea, comprised of a bigger island called St. Vincent and smaller islands called Grenadines.
The chain of islands initially belonged to the French, who brought to them a lot of African slaves. They lost the control of the islands in the Treaty of Versailles and the British ended gaining them. They passed through a lot of changes of colonial status, finally gaining independence on 1979.
Recently the government tried to pass a referendum to make the country a republic (and ditch the Monarch), but it was received negatively.
The country has a problem with emigration; the high rate of unemployment may have something to do with it. Nevertheless, the tourism has potential of development, even with the frequent natural disasters. The Pirates of the Caribbean saga was filmed in the islands.
Notable Vincentians and Grenadinians:
- Noel Clarke has Vincentian ancestry through his mother.
- 21 Savage (Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph) was born to a Vincentian father of Haitian descent.
The Vincentian flag
The Vincentian national anthem
Government
- Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Monarch: Charles III
- Governor-General: Susan Dougan
- Prime Minister: Ralph Gonsalves
Miscellaneous
- Capital and largest city: Kingstown
- Population: 110,211
- Area: 389 km² (150 sq mi) (184th)
- Currency: East Caribbean dollar ($) (USD)
- ISO-3166-1 Code: VC
- Country calling code: 1 (area code 784)
- Highest point: La Soufrière (1234 m/4,049 ft) (149th)
- Lowest point: Caribbean Sea (7,686 m/25,217 ft) (-)
