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Due to this, the Cayman Islands have often been described as "a total colonial frontier society": effectively lawless during the early settlement years. The Cayman Islands remained a frontier society until well into the twentieth century. [5] The year 1734 marked the rough beginning period of permanent settlement in Grand Cayman.
The Cayman Islands (/ ˈ k eɪ m ən /) is a self-governing British Overseas Territory, and the largest by population.The 264-square-kilometre (102-square-mile) territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located south of Cuba and north-east of Honduras, between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
The first monthly publication on the islands was The Gospel of the Kingdom, a religious themed newspaper founded in 1945. In 1964, the newspaper Tradewinds began publication. This was joined by the rival Caymanian Weekly in 1965. This was followed by a second weekly publication, the Cayman Compass, which started in 1972.
The current Constitution of the Cayman Islands, the fourth written constitution for the Cayman Islands since 1959, was established by "The Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009" of 10 June 2009, and came into force on 4 November 2009, by a proclamation published by the governor of the Cayman Islands.
Before the independence of Jamaica in 1962, the Cayman Islands were under the same administration as Jamaica. As such, the responsibility of the defence of the Cayman Islands and Jamaica was provided by the United Kingdom and the British Garrison in Jamaica, now known as the Jamaica Defence Force. Since Jamaica's Independence, the Cayman ...
The list shows large groupings associated with the dates of independence from decolonization (e.g., 41 current states gained control of sovereignty from the United Kingdom and France between 1956 and 1966) or dissolution of a political union (e.g., 18 current states gained control of sovereignty from the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia between 1990 ...
A constitution, which devolved some authority from the United Kingdom to the Cayman Islands Government, was passed by referendum on 20 May 2009. Subsequently, the islands have become largely self-governing. The Cayman Islands Government is aided by a tradition of restrained civil governance from the United Kingdom.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... List of cities in the Cayman Islands. George Town (capital) - pop. 31,785; West Bay - pop. 11,436; Bodden ...