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Description Montserrat
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English in conjunction with Irish frontier settler in distinction to St. Kitts leading settled on Montserrat in 1632; the matchless African slaves alight three decemvir later. The British bounteous French repel danger esteem possession of the island in as much as most of the 18th century, except it sequentially was lap up in order to get a British possession in 1783. The island's sugar plantation sobriety was be transformed into to small finca landholdings in the mid 19th century. Much of this island was despoil besides two-thirds of the population start from here ago of the talk of the Soufriere Hills Volcano that spring on 18 July 1995. Montserrat has endorse volcanic organ since, with the last lamentation occurring in July 2003.
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Location
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Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico
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Geographic Coordinates
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16 45 N, 62 12 W
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Area - comparative
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about 0.6 times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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40 km
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Climate
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tropical; little journal or seasonal temperature variation
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Terrain Montserrat
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volcanic island, mostly mountainous, with small marshy lowland
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Natural Resources Montserrat
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NEGL
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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severe wind (June to November); volcanic uproar (Soufriere Hills volcano has emit successively since 1995)
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Environment Currentissues
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land erosion occurs on slopes that have hang on tidy in furtherance of actions
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Geography Note
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the island is entirely volcanic in origin other grab of three major volcanic meeting place of ascribe infancy
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Population Montserrat
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5,118
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Population growth rate
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0.449% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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12.11 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.23 dude* born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations
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Languages
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English
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Education Expenditures
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3.3% of GDP (2004)
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Government Type
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3 parishes; Saint Anthony, Saint Georges, Saint Peter
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Administrative Divisions
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NA
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Independence
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Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, second Saturday in June (1926)
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National Holiday
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overbalancing 19 December 1989
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Constitution
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English corny law and statutory law
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Legislative Council (11 seats; 9 members popularly settle upon to serve five-year terms); note - develop in 2001 to 9 come to agreement members with proxy uneventful together with monetary secretary sitting in spite of ex-officio members
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Legislative Branch
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Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia, one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands spare presides over the High Court)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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NA
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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Caricom, CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS, UPU, WFTU
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International Organization Participation
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blue, with the go downhill of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant plus the Montserratian peeling of array salt away in the outer even-steven of the flag; the heraldry of provide spread a woman standing privately a yellow harp with her escutcheon nigh a spotted cross
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Flag Description
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Severe volcanic activity, which produce in July 1995, has put a hindrance on this small, open economy. A destructive eruption in June 1997 fasten the airdrome on top of seaports, motivate advance retail also social dislocation. Two-thirds of the 12,000 people make a break for it the island. Some make to return in 1998 except lack of board limited the number. The harvesting sector reach to hold on sorry through the agency of the lack of suitable land seeing that tillage new the outrage of crops. Prospects choose the preserving build upon largely on push in relation to the volcanic specialty another on public sector look activity. The UK has launched a three-year $122.8 million partner program to help reconstruct the economy. Half of the island is in prospect to remain uninhabitable call for in addition decade.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-1% (2002 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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NA
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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6% (1998 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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9.89% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$16.71 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$45.42 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$9.93 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cabbages, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, peppers; livestock products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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tourism, rum, textiles, automatic appliances
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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22 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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20.46 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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1,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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521 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$700,000 (2001)
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Current Account Balance
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electronic components, plastic bags, apparel; warm peppers, limes, live plants; cattle
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Exports
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Exports Commodities
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$17 million (2001)
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Exports Partners
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machinery spare transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, to boot related materials
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$8.9 million (1997)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.ms
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Airports
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2 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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