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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Virgin Islands 
 Main prefix
 KP2 
 Time zone
 -4 h 
 Continent
 North America 
 
          Virgin Islands          
 
 Virgin Islands 

 Virgin Islands - (Metropole: United States)
 contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Virgin Islands          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
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.
 
          Virgin Islands          
 
 Virgin Islands 
 Capital: 
Charlotte Amalie
 Administrative
 divisions: 
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)
 
          Virgin Islands          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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