Virgin Islands (UK)

Virgin Islands
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Vigilate" (Latin) "Be Vigilant"
Anthem: "God Save the Queen" Territorial song: "Oh, Beautiful Virgin Islands"
Location of  British Virgin Islands  (circled in red)
Status	British Overseas Territory
Capital and largest city	Road Town 18°25.883′N 64°37.383′W / 18.431383°N 64.623050°W / 18.431383; -64.623050
Official languages	English
Ethnic groups	76.5% Black 7% White 5% Hispanic 5% Multiracial 2% East Indian 4.5% Othera
Demonym	Virgin Islander
Government	Parliamentary dependency under constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Elizabeth II
• Governor	Augustus Jaspert
• Deputy Governor	V. Inez Archibald
• Premier	Orlando Smith
• Responsible Ministerb (UK)	Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon
Legislature	House of Assembly
Established as a dependency of the United Kingdom
• Separate	1960
• Autonomy	1967
Area
• Total	153 km2 (59 sq mi)
• Water (%)	1.6
Population
• 2010 census	28,054 (212th)
• Density	260/km2 (673.4/sq mi) (68th)
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Total	$853.4 million
• Per capita	$43,366
Currency	United States dollar (USD)
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
Drives on the	left
Calling code	+1-284
ISO 3166 code	VG
Internet TLD	.vg
Source for all ethnic groups including labels: 2010 Census of Population For the Overseas Territories.

Coordinates: 18°30′N 64°30′W / 18.500°N 64.500°W / 18.500; -64.500

The British Virgin Islands (BVI), officially simply "Virgin Islands", are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.

The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke, along with over 50 other smaller islands and cays. About 15 of the islands are inhabited. The capital, Road Town, is on Tortola, the largest island, which is about 20 km (12 mi) long and 5 km (3 mi) wide. The islands had a population of about 28,000 at the 2010 Census, of whom approximately 23,500 lived on Tortola. For the islands, the latest United Nations estimate (2016) is 30,661.

British Virgin Islanders are British Overseas Territories citizens and since 2002 are British citizens as well. Although the territory is not part of the European Union and not directly subject to EU law, British Virgin Islanders are deemed to be citizens of the EU by virtue of their British citizenship.