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Nevis is located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago about 350 kilometres (220 mi) east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Antigua. Its area is 93 square kilometres (36 sq mi) and the capital is Charlestown. [4] Saint Kitts and Nevis are separated by The Narrows, a shallow 3-kilometre (2 mi) channel.
Saint Kitts and Nevis (/-ˈ k ɪ t s ... ˈ n iː v ɪ s / ⓘ), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, [7] is an island country consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles.
Capital of Saint George Gingerland and largest town on Nevis: Newcastle: 400 Location of Nevis's airport Old Road Town: 1,600 First town ever founded in the Caribbean by Britain: Sandy Point Town: 3,000 Capital of Saint Anne Sandy Point and second largest town in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre (/ b æ s ˈ t ɛər /; Saint Kitts Creole: Basterre) is the capital and largest city of Saint Kitts and Nevis with an estimated population of 14,000 in 2018. [1] Geographically, the Basseterre port is located at 17°18′N 62°44′W / 17.300°N 62.733°W / 17.300; -62.733 , on the south-western coast of Saint Kitts ...
The Museum of Nevis History in Charlestown is housed in a refurbished structure that was the birthplace of Alexander Hamilton. Charlestown is the capital of the island of Nevis in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies.
Saint Kitts and Nevis are separated by a shallow 3-kilometre (2 mi) channel known as "The Narrows". Saint Kitts became home to the first Caribbean British and French colonies in the mid-1620s. [2] [3] Along with the island of Nevis, Saint Kitts was a member of the British West Indies until gaining independence on 19 September 1983. [4]
It is located on the island of Nevis, and the parish capital is Charlestown, which is also capital of the entire island. Saint Paul Charlestown is the smallest parish in the federation, being only 4 square kilometers in area, and consisting of barely more than the town of Charlestown, and its portion of Nevis Peak.
The capital city of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Basseterre, is located on the coast of Basseterre Bay, but the city also stretches northward into the parish of Saint Peter Basseterre. The location is ideal, as it is the congregation of the island's 4 main thoroughfares (West to Sandy Point, East to Cayon, North to Monkey Hill, and South to the South ...