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Country (long form)	Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Capital	Basseterre
Total Area	100.77 sq mi 261.00 sq km (1.5 times the size of Washington, DC)
Population	38,756 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	52,348
Languages	English
Literacy	97.0% total, 97.0% male, 98% female (1980 est.)
Religions	Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
Life Expectancy	68.22 male, 73.97 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style parliament
Currency	1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$) = 100 cents
GDP (per capita)	$7,000 (2000 est.)
Industry	sugar processing, tourism, cotton, salt, copra, clothing, footwear, beverages
Agriculture	sugarcane, rice, yams, vegetables, bananas; fish
Arable Land	22%
Natural Resources	arable land

St. Kitts and Nevis, a country of the West Indies. It consists of two of the Leeward Islands situated about 1 mile (1.6 km) apart.

West Indies, a chain of tropical islands in the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America.