Anguila

Anguilla
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Unity, Strength and Endurance"
Anthem:  "God Save the Queen" National song: "God Bless Anguilla"a
Location of  Anguilla  (circled in red) in the Caribbean  (light yellow)
Status	British Overseas Territory
Capital and largest city	The Valley
Official languages	English
Ethnic groups ()	90.1% West African 4.6% multiracial 3.7% European 1.5% other
Demonym	Anguillian
Government	Parliamentary dependency under a constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Elizabeth II
• Governor	Christina Scott
• Deputy Governor	Stanley Reid
• Chief Minister	Victor Banks
• Responsible Ministerb (UK)	James Duddridge MP
Legislature	House of Assembly
Establishment
• Overseas territory	1980
Area
• Total	91 km2 (35 sq mi) (220th)
• Water (%)	negligible
Population
• 2016 estimate	15,000
• 2011 census	13,452
• Density	132/km2 (341.9/sq mi) (n/a)
GDP (PPP)	2014 estimate
• Total	$311 million
• Per capita	$29,493.3
Currency	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Time zone	(UTC-4)
Drives on the	left
Calling code	+1-264
ISO 3166 code	AI
Internet TLD	.ai
"National Song of Anguilla". Official Website of the Government of Anguilla. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.  For the Overseas Territories. UK Postcode: AI-2640

in the Caribbean  (light yellow)

Anguilla (/æŋˈɡwɪlə/ ang-GWIL-ə) is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territory consists of the main island of Anguilla, approximately 16 miles (26 km) long by 3 miles (5 km) wide at its widest point, together with a number of much smaller islands and cays with no permanent population. The island's capital is The Valley. The total land area of the territory is 35 square miles (90 km²), with a population of approximately 13,500 (2006 estimate).

Anguilla has become a popular tax haven, having no capital gains, estate, profit or other forms of direct taxation on either individuals or corporations. In April 2011, faced with a mounting deficit, it introduced a 3% "Interim Stabilisation Levy", Anguilla's first form of income tax.

The name Anguilla is an anglicised or latinate form of earlier Spanish anguila, French anguille, or Italian anguilla, all meaning "eel" in reference to the island's shape. For similar reasons, it was formerly known as Snake or Snake Island.