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Bermudas

Bermuda
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
Location of  Bermuda  (circled in red)in the Atlantic Ocean  (blue)
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
Largest city St George's
Official languages English
Ethnic groups (2010)
Demonym Bermudian
Government Parliamentary dependency under constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Elizabeth II
• Governor
John Rankin
• Premier
E. David Burt
• Responsible Ministerb (UK)
Baroness Anelay of St John's
Legislature Parliament
Senate
House of Assembly
Area
• Total
53.2 km2 (20.5 sq mi)
• Water (%)
27
Population
• 2010 census
64,237
• Density
1,275/km2 (3,302.2/sq mi) (9th)
GDP (nominal) 2014 estimate
• Total
$5.60 billion (161th (estimate))
• Per capita
$89,795 (4th)
HDI (2008) Increase 0.981
very high
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
  1. This song is also used at international sporting events such as the Olympic Games. ("Bermuda – London 2012 Olympics". Telegraph. July 2012. )
  2. For the Overseas Territories.
  3. 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 ( /bərˈmjdə/) 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 Puerto Rico. The capital city is Hamilton. Bermuda is an associate member of Caribbean Community (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.


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