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Antigua and Barbuda [c] is a sovereign archipelagic country composed of Antigua, Barbuda, and numerous other small islands. Antigua and Barbuda has a total area of 440 km 2 (170 sq mi), making it one of the smallest countries in the Caribbean .
Christopher Columbus made contact with Antigua in 1493. [1] He named it Santa Maria de la Antigua after a church in Spain. [2] Antigua was ignored by Europeans until 1520, when Don Antonio Serrano and a small party attempted to colonise it. He was granted a letters-patent by the King of Spain to take control of Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, and ...
Turner Beach in Antigua. Antigua (/ æ n ˈ t iː ɡ ə / ann-TEE-gə), [2] also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the local population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles.It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the most populous island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua has a population of 37,000 [22] 1805 French squadron nearly attacks Antigua, decides to attack Nevis instead [23] 1808 1 March Slave trade abolished [24] 1813 Police force established [25] 1816 British Leeward Islands abolished, Antigua-Barbuda-Montserrat established [25] 1820 Census is taken. Antigua has 37,031 people, Barbuda has 503
By 1998 Antigua and Barbuda was not considered a democracy by Freedom House. [36] The 1999 elections were neither free nor fair, and due to this, the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission was established in 2001. [37] [38] State media was liberalised. [39] A small Caribbean integration movement had also emerged in Barbuda.
The project was intended to be a modern futuristic city with skyscrapers and monorails, [4] being led by the formerly-Chinese investor Yida Zhang, now exclusively a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda. [5] In 2016, Antigua's human and infrastructural development was on an upward trajectory, [6] being the first country in the Caribbean to ban plastic ...
During the Ceramic period from 500 BC–1500 AD, Antigua and Barbuda was primarily inhabited by the Arawak. This is the earliest time period in the country's history that a majority ethnic group has been able to be determined. [ 1 ]
The Barbudan independence movement is a political movement that seeks the independence of Barbuda from Antigua.Proponents state that Barbudan independence would allow Barbudans to exercise their right to self-determination, especially after the start of the Barbuda land crisis, while opponents state that this movement would set a precedent for other small islands in the region to secede, and ...