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Kingstown / ˈ k ɪ ŋ s ˌ t aʊ n / is the capital and largest city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The city, located on the main island of Saint Vincent, has the main port and the biggest commercial center of the islands. With a population of 12,909 (2012), [3] Kingstown is the most populous settlement in the country. It is the island's ...
The Arnos Vale Stadium is a cricket ground in Arnos Vale, near Kingstown, St. Vincent. The multi-use ground – part of Arnos Vale Sports Complex – is situated next to and to the west of the Arnos Vale Playing Field. [a] The stadium holds the capacity to accommodate 18,000 people and is mostly used for football and cricket matches.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (/ ˌ ɡ r ɛ n ə ˈ d iː n z / ⓘ GREH-nə-DEENZ), sometimes known simply as Saint Vincent or SVG, [9] is an island country in the eastern Caribbean.It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies, at the southern end of the eastern border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
IANA time zone database [ edit ] In the IANA time zone database , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is given one zone in the file zone.tab —America/Port_of_Spain, which is synonymous with the zone for time in Trinidad and Tobago .
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It is located in Argyle, about 5.17 miles (8.32 km) from the capital Kingstown. The airport is one of St. Vincent and the Grenadines' most important infrastructure assets and the country's first international airport.
The capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is Kingstown. The main island of Saint Vincent measures 26 km (16 mi) long, 15 km (9.3 mi) in width and 344 km 2 (133 sq mi) in area. From the most northern to the most southern points, the Grenadine islands belonging to Saint Vincent span 60.4 km (37.5 mi) with a combined area of 45 km 2 (17 sq mi).
St. Vincent and the Grenadines was granted associate statehood status by Britain on 27 October 1969, giving it complete control over its internal affairs. Following a referendum in 1979, St. Vincent and the Grenadines became the last of the Windward Islands to gain independence, on 27 October 1979, though it remains a member of the Commonwealth ...