Bermuda

Bermuda
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "Quo Fata Ferunt" (Latin) "Whither the Fates carry (us)"
Anthem: "God Save the Queen" (official) "Hail to Bermuda" (unofficial) "All the Bermudians" (unofficial)a
Location of  Bermuda  (circled in red) in the Atlantic Ocean  (blue)
Status	British Overseas Territory
Capital	Hamilton 32°18′N 64°47′W / 32.300°N 64.783°W / 32.300; -64.783
Official languages	English
Ethnic groups (2010)	54% Black 31% White 8% Multiracial 4% Asian 3% Other
Demonym	Bermudian
Government	parliamentary dependency under constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Elizabeth II
• Governor	John Rankin
• Premier	Michael Dunkley
• Responsible Ministerb (UK)	Baroness Anelay
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Assembly
Area
• Total	53.2 km2 (20.5 sq mi) (230th)
• Water (%)	27
Population
• 2010 census	64,237
• Density	1,275/km2 (3,302.2/sq mi) (9th)
GDP (PPP)	2009 estimate
• Total	$5.47 billion (149th (estimate))
• Per capita	$84,381 (3rd)
Currency	Bermudian dollarc (BMD)
Time zone	AST (UTC–4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC–3)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Drives on the	left
Calling code	+1-441
ISO 3166 code	BM
Internet TLD	.bm
This song is also used at international sporting events such as the Olympic Games. ("Bermuda - London 2012 Olympics". Telegraph. July 2012. ) For the Overseas Territories. On par with United States dollar.

Coordinates: 32°20′N 64°45′W / 32.333°N 64.750°W / 32.333; -64.750

in the Atlantic Ocean  (blue)

Bermuda (UK: /bəˈmjuːdə/; US: /bɚˈmjuːdə/) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 1,070 km (665 mi) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; 1,236 km (768 mi) south of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia; and 1,578 km (981 mi) north of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The capital city is Hamilton. Bermuda is an associate member of CARICOM.

The first person known to have reached Bermuda was the Spanish sea captain Juan de Bermúdez in 1503, after whom the islands are named. He claimed the islands for the Spanish Empire. Bermúdez never landed on the islands, but made two visits to the archipelago, of which he created a recognisable map. Shipwrecked Portuguese mariners are now thought to have been responsible for the 1543 inscription on Portuguese Rock (previously called Spanish Rock). Subsequent Spanish or other European parties are believed to have released pigs there, which had become feral and abundant on the island by the time European settlement began. In 1609, the English Virginia Company, which had established Jamestown in Virginia two years earlier, permanently settled Bermuda in the aftermath of a hurricane, when the crew and passengers of the Sea Venture steered the ship onto the surrounding reef to prevent its sinking, then landed ashore.