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St. Kitts & Nevis

OFFICIAL NAME: Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis

DATE OF FORMATION: 1983

POPULATION: 38,836

DENSITY: 279 people per square mile

LANGUAGES: English, English Creole

RELIGIONS: Anglican 33%, Methodist 29%, Other 22%, Moravian 9%, Roman Catholic 7%

ETHNIC MIX: Black 94%, Mixed race 3%, Other and Amerindian 2%, White 1%

GOVERNMENT: Multiparty elections

CURRENCY: Eastern Caribbean dollar

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One of the Caribbean's most popular tourist destinations, St. Kitts and Nevis, a former British colony, lies at the northern end of the Leeward Islands chain. St. Kitts is of volcanic origin; Mount Liamuiga, a dormant volcano with a crater 227 m (745 ft) deep, is the highest point on the island. Nevis, separated from St. Kitts by a channel 3 km (2 miles) wide, is the lusher but less developed of the two islands. In the 18th century, its famed hot and cold springs gained Nevis the title "the Spa of the Caribbean."