White, with a modified US coat of arms in the center between the large blue initials V and I; the coat of arms shows a yellow eagle holding an olive branch in one talon and three arrows in the other with a superimposed shield of vertical red and white stripes below a blue panel.
None (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three islands at the second order: Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas.
Population:
123,498 (July 2002 est.)
Languages:
English (official), Spanish, Creole
Geographic coordinates:
18° 20' N, 64° 50' W
Area total:
352 sq. km
Land area:
349 sq. km
Water area:
3 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
188 km
Elevation extremes:
Caribbean Sea 0 m - Crown Mountain 474 m
Internet country code:
.vi
Currency:
US dollar (USD)
Name - conventional long form:
United States Virgin Islands
Name - conventional short form:
Virgin Islands
Former name:
Danish West Indies
Independence:
none (part of USA)
Constitution:
Revised Organic Act of 22 July 1954
Government type:
NA
Dependency status:
organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
National holiday:
Transfer Day (from Denmark to the US), 27 March (1917)