British Virgin Islands - 英属维尔京群岛

The British Virgin Islands, Also translated "British Virgin Islands",YesU.KOverseas Territories, located in the Caribbean Sea, inPuerto RicoEast. British Virgin Islands and neighboringU.S. Virgin IslandsTogether with the Spanish Virgin Islands, they are called the Virgin Islands.

The British Virgin Islands are mainly composed ofTortola、Virgin Gorda、AnegadawithJost Van Dake IslandIn addition to the four major islands, there are more than 50 small islands and rocks, of which about 15 islands are uninhabited. Tortola is the largest island in the British Virgin Islands. The island is about 20 kilometers long and 5 kilometers wide. The archipelago has a total population of 28,000 and its capitalRoad townLocated on Tortola Island.

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Around 100 BC, the Arawak Indians first migrated from South America to settle in the Virgin Islands (but there is also evidence that American Indians were active on the islands earlier than 1500 BC).

In 1493, the navigator Columbus discovered the Virgin Islands on his second trip to the Americas and became the first European to discover the islands. Columbus named the islands "Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Vírgenes", which means "Santa Ursula and her 11,000 virgins"; the abbreviation is "Las Vírgenes", which means "virgins", which means "virgins" The origin of the name "Archipelago" (transliterated as "Virgin Islands"). The name is taken from the legend of St. Ursula and her 11,000 virgin maids who were killed by the Huns on their way from England to Cologne on a pilgrimage.

The Spanish Empire occupied the islands in the early 16th century and mined copper on Viking Gorda. After the period, the British,Netherlandspeople,Francepeople,SpainPeople andDenmarkPeople successively occupied the area, which gradually developed into an area where pirates were active. At the same time as the colonization, the native American Indians were massacred and nearly extinct.

In 1648,NetherlandsPeople established a permanent settlement on Tortola Island. But by 1672, the English seized the island from the Dutch, and later in 1683 they successively seized Anegada and Virgin Gorda. The British colony of the Virgin Islands was then This shape. Between 1672 and 1733, the Danes successively captured the neighboring islands of St. Thomas, St. John’s and St. Croix. In 1917, the United States offered $25 million to purchase the three islands, and the British Virgin Islands were changed. Called the British Virgin Islands to distinguishU.S. Virgin Islands。

Generally speaking, the British established the British Virgin Islands step by step. They were the first to introduce sugar cane to the area, and vigorously developed the sugar cane industry, buying slaves from Africa to work on the local sugar cane farm. As a result, the vigorous development of the sugarcane industry has laid the foundation for the islands' economic and trade, and sugarcane has once become the largest local trade export. Until modern times, Europe and the United States successively planted sugar beets on their own, and the demand for sugar cane decreased, and the prosperity of the archipelago sugar cane industry came to an end.

At different times in history, the British Virgin Islands belonged to the Leeward Islands colonies and Saint Kitts and Nevis respectively, and the British government sent an administrator to take charge of government affairs on the islands. In 1960, the British Virgin Islands was granted colonial status and partitioned; it was granted autonomy in 1967. Beginning in the 1960s, the economy of the British Virgin Islands began to shift. It was dominated by traditional agriculture in the past and gradually became economically diversified. It was dominated by financial services and tourism, making it one of the richest regions in the Caribbean.

geography

The British Virgin Islands consists of approximately 60 semi-tropical Caribbean islands. The islands in the archipelago vary in size. The largest Tortola is 12 kilometers long, while the smallest island is too small to live in. The British Virgin Islands are all located within the limits of the Virgin Islands, a few miles east of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The North Atlantic Ocean is located to the north of the archipelago, while the Caribbean Sea is located to the south of the archipelago. Most of the islands in the British Virgin Islands were originally volcanic islands, so the terrain is steep and mountainous. But Anegada Island is an exception. It is composed of limestone and coral, so the terrain appears flat and wide.

Tortola, Viking Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dake are the four major islands in the archipelago. The other more important islands include:

• Beef Island
• Cooper Island
• Ginger Island
• Great Camanoe
• Great Thatch
• Guana Island
• Mosquito Island
• Necker Island
• Norman Island
• Peter Island
• Salt Island

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The British Virgin Islands has a subtropical climate and is affected by trade winds. The annual temperature difference in the archipelago is not large. In summer, the daytime temperature generally reaches as high as 29°C (84°F); in winter, the highest temperature can reach 25°C (77°F). The annual rainfall in the archipelago is 115 cm (45 in), and the annual rainfall is higher in the mountains and the opposite is true in the lowlands. In general, there are certain differences in rainfall in the archipelago, but on average, September to December are the wettest months each year. The region is hurricane season from June to October, and hurricanes occasionally hit the islands.

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Due to the relationship between the islands, the local transportation system is relatively limited, and the total length of the islands road is 113km.Terrence B. Learson International AirportIt is the main airport of the archipelago, located at the eastern end of Tortola IslandBeef IslandGo up, via the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge. As for the Virgin Gorda Island and Anegada Island, there are also smaller airports. The main port of the archipelago is in the capitalRoad town. Like other Commonwealth countries, archipelago cars are all right-handed.

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