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The '''British Virgin Islands''' include [[Tortola]], [[Virgin Gorda]], [[Anegada]], [[Jost Van Dyke]], Peter Island, Salt Island, Beef Island, Cooper Island, Ginger Island, Norman Island, and many other small islands all clustered around Sir Francis Drake Channel.

[[image:British_virgin_islands_sm02.png|left|thumb|scale:60|Map of British Virgin Islands]]

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<caption><font size="+1">'''British Virgin Islands'''</font></caption>
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<tr><td align="center" width="140px">[[Image:British_virgin_islands_flag.png|thumb|scale:30|Flag of the British Virgin Islands]]</td>
<td align="center" width="140px" rowspan="2" height="120px">[[Image:BritishVirginIslands coa.gif|80px|Coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands]]</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="center" colspan=2 style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;"><font size="-1">''National [[motto]]: <br> The Land, The People, The Light''</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align=center colspan=2>[[Image:LocationBritishVirginIsland.png]]</td></tr>
<tr><td width="115px">[[Official language]]</td><td>[[English language|English]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Political status]]
<br>&nbsp;</td><td>Non-[[sovereignty|sovereign]], [[Overseas territory]] of the [[UK]]
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<tr><td>[[Capital]]                      </td><td>[[Road Town]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Governor]]</td><td>[[Tom Macan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Chief minister]]</td><td>[[Orlando Smith]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Area]]<br>&nbsp;- Total <br>&nbsp;- % water</td><td>[[List of countries by area|Ranked 176th]] <br> [[1 E8 m2|153 km&sup2;]] <br> 1,6%</td></tr>               
<tr><td>[[Population]] 
<br>&nbsp;- Total ([[2002]]) 
<br>&nbsp;- [[Population density|Density]]</td><td>[[List of countries by population|Ranked 175th]]
<br>  21,730  
<br> 260/km&sup2; </td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Currency]]                     </td><td>[[US dollar]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Time zone]]                    </td><td>[[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] -4</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[National anthem]]              </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]</td><td>.VG</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]</td><td>1-284</td></tr>
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<i>From the [[CIA World Factbook]].</i>

* [[History of the British Virgin Islands]]
* [[Geography of the British Virgin Islands]]
* [[Demographics of the British Virgin Islands]]
* [[Politics of the British Virgin Islands]]
* [[Economy of the British Virgin Islands]]
* [[Communications on the British Virgin Islands]]
* [[Transportation on the British Virgin Islands]]
* [[Military of the British Virgin Islands]]

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====References====
* Adapted from the [[Wikipedia]] article, "British_Virgin_Islands" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands, used under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]]