The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, also known as Saint Christopher and Nevis, is a sovereign federal

Federation

A federation , also known as a federal state, is a type of sovereign state characterized by a union of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central government...

 two-island nation

Island nation

An island country is a state whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. As of 2011, 47 of the 193 UN member states are island countries.-Politics:...

 located in the Leeward Islands

Leeward Islands

The Leeward Islands are a group of islands in the West Indies. They are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain. As a group they start east of Puerto Rico and reach southward to Dominica. They are situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean...

 in the Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....

. It is the smallest nation in the Americas

Americas

The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

, in both area and population.

The capital city and headquarters of government for the federated state is on the larger island of Saint Kitts

Saint Kitts

Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Saint Kitts (also known more formally as Saint Christopher Island (Saint-Christophe in French) is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean...

. The smaller state of Nevis

Nevis

Nevis is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago, about 350 km east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 km west of Antigua. The 93 km² island is part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies...

 lies about 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Saint Kitts, across a shallow channel called "The Narrows".

Historically, the British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 dependency of Anguilla

Anguilla

Anguilla is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union 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...

 was also a part of this union, which was then known collectively as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla

Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla

Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla was historically an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Caribbean Sea. This entity later became a province to the short lived West Indies Federation in 1958...

.

Saint Kitts and Nevis are geographically part of the Leeward Islands. To the north-northwest lie the islands of Sint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Barthélemy

Saint Barthélemy

Saint Barthélemy , officially the Territorial collectivity of Saint Barthélemy , is an overseas collectivity of France. Often abbreviated to Saint-Barth in French, or St. Barts in English, the indigenous people called the island Ouanalao...

, and Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten

Saint Martin

Saint Martin is an island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately east of Puerto Rico. The 87 km2 island is divided roughly 60/40 between France and the Kingdom of the Netherlands ; however, the Dutch side has the larger population. It is one of the smallest sea islands divided between...

. To the east and northeast are Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands...

, and to the southeast is the small uninhabited island of Redonda

Redonda

Redonda is a very small, uninhabited Caribbean island which is part of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Leeward Islands, West Indies.This small island lies southwest of Antigua, in the waters between the islands of Nevis and Montserrat...

, and the island of Montserrat

Montserrat

Montserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline...

, which currently has an active volcano (see Soufrière Hills

Soufrière Hills

The Soufrière Hills volcano is an active complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. After a long period of dormancy, it became active in 1995, and has continued to erupt ever since...

.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis were amongst the first islands in the Caribbean to be settled by Europeans. Saint Kitts was home to the first British and French colonies in the Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

.

Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest nation on Earth to ever host a World Cup event

Cricket World Cup

The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years...

; it was one of the host venues of the 2007 Cricket World Cup

2007 Cricket World Cup

The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...

.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Saint Kitts and Nevis:

General reference

• Pronunciation
  International Phonetic Alphabet
  The International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...
  
  :
• Common English country names: Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis , located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both area and population....
  
   or Saint Christopher and Nevis
• Official English country names: The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis or the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s):
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology
  Etymology
  Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
  
  : Name of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• ISO country codes: KN, KNA, 659
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:KN
  ISO 3166-2:KN
  ISO 3166-2:KN is the entry for Saint Kitts and Nevis in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Saint Kitts and...
  
  
• Internet
  Internet
  The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
  
   country code top-level domain
  Country code top-level domain
  A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
  
  : .kn
  .kn
  .kn is the Internet country code top-level domain for Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is administered by the University of Puerto Rico, Central Administration.Recently, .kn has been opened for global registration...
  
  

Geography of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Saint Kitts and Nevis are...
  • a pair of island
    Island
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    s
  • a country
    Country
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    • an island country
    • a nation state
    • a Commonwealth Realm
      Commonwealth Realm
      A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations that has Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state. The sixteen current realms have a combined land area of 18.8 million km² , and a population of 134 million, of which all, except about two million, live in the six...
      
      
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere
    Northern Hemisphere
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     and Western Hemisphere
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    • North America
      North America
      North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
      
       (off the East Coast of the United States
      East Coast of the United States
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      , southeast of Puerto Rico
      Puerto Rico
      Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
      
      )
  • Atlantic Ocean
    Atlantic Ocean
    The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
    
    
    • Caribbean
      Caribbean
      The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
      
      
      • Antilles
        Antilles
        The Antilles islands form the greater part of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. The Antilles are divided into two major groups: the "Greater Antilles" to the north and west, including the larger islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola , and Puerto Rico; and the smaller "Lesser Antilles" on the...
        
        
        • Lesser Antilles
          Lesser Antilles
          The Lesser Antilles are a long, partly volcanic island arc in the Western Hemisphere. Most of its islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, with the remainder located in the southern Caribbean just north of South America...
          
           (island chain)
          • Leeward Islands
            Leeward Islands
            The Leeward Islands are a group of islands in the West Indies. They are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain. As a group they start east of Puerto Rico and reach southward to Dominica. They are situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean...
            
            
  • Time zone
    Time zone
    A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
    
    : Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC-04)
  • Extreme points of Saint Kitts and Nevis
    • High: Mount Liamuiga
      Mount Liamuiga
      Mount Liamuiga is a stratovolcano which forms the western part of the island of Saint Kitts. The peak is the highest point on the island of Saint Kitts, in the federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and in the entire British Leeward Islands, as well as one of the tallest peaks in the eastern...
      
       on Saint Kitts
      Saint Kitts
      Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Saint Kitts (also known more formally as Saint Christopher Island (Saint-Christophe in French) is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean...
      
       1156 m (3,793 ft)
    • Low: Caribbean Sea
      Caribbean Sea
      The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
      
       0 m
  • Land boundaries: none
  • Coastline: Caribbean Sea
    Caribbean Sea
    The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
    
     135 km
• Population of Saint Kitts and Nevis: 50,000 - 201st most populous country
• Area of Saint Kitts and Nevis: 261
• Atlas of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Environment of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Climate of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Environmental issues in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Ecoregions in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Renewable energy in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Geology of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Protected areas of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Biosphere reserves in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • National parks of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Wildlife of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Flora of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Fauna of Saint Kitts and Nevis
    • Birds of Saint Kitts and Nevis
    • Mammals of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Natural geographic features of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Fjords of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Glaciers of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Lakes of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Mountains of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Volcanoes in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Rivers of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Waterfalls of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Valleys of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• World Heritage Sites in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Ecoregions of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Government and politics of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Main article: Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Politics of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Politics of Saint Kitts and Nevis

The politics of Saint Kitts and Nevis takes place in the framework of an independent federal parliamentary democratic Commonwealth Realm with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state, represented in St. Kitts and Nevis by a governor-general...

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  :
• Capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis: Basseterre

• Elections in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Elections in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Elections in Saint Kitts and Nevis gives information on election and election results in Saint Kitts and Nevis.Saint Kitts and Nevis elects on national level a legislature...
  
  
  • (specific elections)
• Political parties in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Political scandals of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Taxation in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Branches of the government of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Executive branch of the government of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Head of state
  Head of State
  A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
  
  : President of Saint Kitts and Nevis,
• Head of government
  Head of government
  Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
  
  : Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis,
• Cabinet of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Legislative branch of the government of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Parliament of Saint Kitts and Nevis (bicameral)
  • Upper house
    Upper house
    An upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
    
    : Senate of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Lower house
    Lower house
    A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
    
    : House of Commons of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Judicial branch of the government of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Supreme Court of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Foreign relations of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Diplomatic missions in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Diplomatic missions of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Diplomatic missions of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  This is a list of diplomatic missions of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The Caribbean island of Saint Kitts and Nevis has a modest diplomatic presence. Its mission to the European Union in Brussels is shared with other East Caribbean states...
  
  

International organization membership

The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis is a member of:

• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
• Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom)
• Caribbean Development Bank
  Caribbean Development Bank
  The Caribbean Development Bank is a financial institution which assists Caribbean nations in financing social and economic programs in its member countries...
  
   (CDB)
• Commonwealth of Nations
  Commonwealth of Nations
  The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization
  Food and Agriculture Organization
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
  
   (FAO)
• Group of 77
  Group of 77
  The Group of 77 at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 founding members of the organization, but the organization has...
  
   (G77)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that compose the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight...
  
   (IBRD)
• International Civil Aviation Organization
  International Civil Aviation Organization
  The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
  
   (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court
  International Criminal Court
  The International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression .It came into being on 1 July 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the...
  
   (ICCt)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association
  International Development Association
  The International Development Association , is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and...
  
   (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
  
   (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation
  International Finance Corporation
  The International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....
  
   (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
  International Fund for Agricultural Development
  The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...
  
   (IFAD)
• International Labour Organization
  International Labour Organization
  The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
  
   (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization
  International Maritime Organization
  The International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...
  
   (IMO)
• International Monetary Fund
  International Monetary Fund
  The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
  
   (IMF)

• International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
  
   (IOC)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
  
   (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union
  International Telecommunication Union
  The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
  
   (ITU)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is a member organization of the World Bank Group that offers political risk insurance. It was established to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries. MIGA was founded in 1988 with a capital base of $1 billion and is headquartered in...
  
   (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Organization of American States
  Organization of American States
  The Organization of American States is a regional international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States...
  
   (OAS)
• Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
   (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
  
   (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  The United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...
  
   (UNIDO)
• Universal Postal Union
  Universal Postal Union
  The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
  
   (UPU)
• World Federation of Trade Unions
  World Federation of Trade Unions
  The World Federation of Trade Unions was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...
  
   (WFTU)
• World Health Organization
  World Health Organization
  The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
  
   (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization
  World Intellectual Property Organization
  The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
  
   (WIPO)
• World Trade Organization
  World Trade Organization
  The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
  
   (WTO)

Law and order in Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Capital punishment in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Constitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Crime in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Human rights in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • LGBT rights in Saint Kitts and Nevis
    LGBT rights in Saint Kitts and Nevis
    - LGBT Rights :Male on male homosexuality is illegal in St. Kitts and Nevis. Section 56 and 57 of the "Offences Against the Person Act" criminalises male on male same-sex sexual activity. However female to female sexual realtionships are legal. The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis says it has no...
    
    
  • Freedom of religion in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Law enforcement in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Law enforcement in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Saint Kitts and Nevis has no standing army, but maintains a small defense force, for internal purposes. Defense is the responsibility of the Regional Security System.-Sources:...
  
  

Military of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief
    Commander-in-Chief
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    :
    • Ministry of Defence of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Forces
  • Army of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Navy of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Air Force of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Special forces of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Military history of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Military ranks of Saint Kitts and Nevis

History of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Main article: History of Saint Kitts and Nevis

History of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis has one of the longest written histories in the Caribbean, both islands being amongst Europe's first colonies in the archipelago...

, Timeline of the history of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Current events of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Economic history of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Military history of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Culture of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Architecture of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Cuisine of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Ethnic minorities in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Festivals in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Humor in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Languages of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Media in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• National symbols of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Coat of arms of Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Coat of arms of Saint Kitts and Nevis
    The Saint Kitts and Nevis coat of arms was adopted in 1983 and possesses the motto "Country Above Self". The previous coat of arms, adopted in 1967 used while in federation with the island of Anguilla was nearly identical, except for coloration and the motto "Unity in Trinity".The centre of the...
    
    
  • Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis
    The flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis was adopted on September 19, 1983, consisting of two white stars on a diagonal black band, fimbriated in yellow, separating background colors of green and red. It was the winning entry in a local competition...
    
    
  • National anthem of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• People of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Prostitution in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Public holidays in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Records of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Religion in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Buddhism in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Christianity in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Hinduism in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Islam in Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Islam in Saint Kitts and Nevis
    According to a 2009 Pew Research Center report, Muslims constitute approximately 0.1% of the population in Saint Kitts and Nevis....
    
    
  • Judaism in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Sikhism in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• World Heritage Sites in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Art in Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Art in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Cinema of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Literature of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Music of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Music of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  The music of Saint Kitts and Nevis is known for a number of musical celebrations including Carnival . The last week in June features the St Kitts Music Festival, while the week-long Culturama on Nevis lasts from the end of July into early August.In addition, there are other festivals on the island...
  
  
• Television in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Theatre in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Sports in Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Football in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Football in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  The sport of football in the country of Saint Kitts and Nevis is run by the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association. The association administers the national football team, as well as the Saint Kitts Premier Division and the Nevis Premier Division....
  
  
• Saint Kitts and Nevis at the Olympics
  Saint Kitts and Nevis at the Olympics
  Saint Kitts and Nevis first participated at the Olympic Games in 1996 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. St Kitts and Nevis has never competed at the Winter Olympic Games....
  
  

Economy and infrastructure of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 176th (one hundred and seventy sixth)

• Agriculture in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Banking in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • National Bank of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Communications in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Communications in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  This is a list of Communications in Saint Kitts and Nevis.- Telephone :Saint Kitts and Nevis is a member of the North American Numbering Plan , whose assienged area code is area code 869....
  
  
  • Internet in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Companies of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Currency of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Currency
  In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
  
  : Dollar
  East Caribbean dollar
  The East Caribbean dollar is the currency of eight of the nine members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States...
  
  
  • ISO 4217
    ISO 4217
    ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
    
    : XCD
    XCD
    XCD can refer to:* East Caribbean dollar* Champforgeuil Airport * Xerez Club Deportivo, Spanish football club* a Compact Disc container format standard for multimedia content...
    
    

• Economic history of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Energy in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Energy policy of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Oil industry in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Mining in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Tourism in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Transport in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Transport in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Transport within the Caribbean islands of St. Kitts & Nevis includes normal road traffic, public buses, taxis, ferries, airports, and one unusual railway....
  
  

• Saint Kitts and Nevis Stock Exchange

Infrastructure of Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Health care in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Transportation in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Airports in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Rail transport in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Roads in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Water supply and sanitation in Saint Kitts and Nevis

See also

• Commonwealth realm
  Commonwealth Realm
  A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations that has Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state. The sixteen current realms have a combined land area of 18.8 million km² , and a population of 134 million, of which all, except about two million, live in the six...
  
  
• Index of Saint Kitts and Nevis-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Saint Kitts and Nevis-related topics
• Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Member state of the United Nations
• Monarchy of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Monarchy of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  The monarchy of Saint Kitts and Nevis is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The present monarch of Saint Kitts and Nevis is Queen Elizabeth II. Saint Kitts and Nevis share the Sovereign with a number of Commonwealth realms...
  
  
• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  
• Outline of North America
• Outline of the Caribbean

External links

Government

• St. Kitts & Nevis - Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis official website
• Ministry of Finance - of the Saint Kitts & Nevis Federation
• Nevis Ministry of Finance - for the Nevis Island Administration

Directories

• SKNVibes.com Online
• StKittsNevis.com

Sport

• St. Kitts & Nevis Billiard Federation - SKNBF Governing Body for cue sports — Official Site

Tourism

• Tour St. Kitts - Grey's Island Excursions; Local tour guide(Island tour,Volcano,Rainforest,Beach Trips
• Saint Kitts Tourism Authority - Official Site
• The Nevis Tourism Authority - Official Site
• St. Kitts Music Festival - Official Website of the annual Music Festival

Other

• Human Development Report 2006
• St. Kitts Anglican Churches
• Hosted at the University of the West Indies - Articles and materials on Nevis secession
• Windsor University School of Medicine
• St.Kitts Paper Money
• Map of St. Kitts
• Map of Nevis
• Google Maps satellite photo of Saint Kitts and Nevis