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First settled by the Dutch in 1648, the British Virgin Islands were soon after (1672) annexed by the English. At the end of World War I "British" was incorporated in its name as the United States purchased the adjacent Danish West Indies from Denmark, renamimg them the U.S. Virgin Islands. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous U.S. Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia article "History of The British Virgin Islands ".
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| Primary Language: English |
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| Capital City: Nassau |
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| Population: 303,611 (July 2002) |
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| Currency: Bahamian dollar (currency converter) |
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