Antigua Investments
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“Everyone wants a piece of land. It’s the only sure investment, it can never depreciate like a car or a washing machine.” Russel Sage
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda, islands that form an independent state in the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea, at the southern end of the Leeward Islands chain. Antigua’s coastline is intricate, with bays and headlands fringed with reefs and shoals; several inlets, including Parham and English Harbour, afford anchorage for shipping, and St. John’s has a deepwater harbour. The island has an area of 108 square miles (280 square km). It is mostly low and undulating, but in the west, there are volcanic rocks that rise to 1,330 feet (405 metres) at Mount Obama (formerly Boggy Peak). An absence of mountains and forests distinguishes Antigua from the other Leeward Islands. Because there are no rivers and few springs, droughts occur despite a mean annual rainfall of some 40 inches (1,000 mm). The average January temperature is around 77 °F (25 °C); that of August, 82 °F (28 °C). Summer highs can reach 90 °F (32 °C)
The language is English, and some two-thirds of the people are Christian. The single largest denomination is Anglicanism.
- Capital City St John's
- Population 94,731 (2017 est.)
- Geographic Location 17 07 N, 61 51 W
- Area 442.6 sq km
- Language English
- Currency Eastern Caribbean Dollar ( 1 US$ = 2.7 EC$ 1 EU=3EC$ )
- Political System Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy
- Legal System Common Law based on English Model
- GDP $ 2.39 Billion (2017 est.)
- GDP per capita $26.300
- National Anthem "Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee" (1967)
- Independence Day 1 November 1981 (from the UK)