Monday, January 29, 2007

This post is for Alana, so I may be a bit more edgumicated.

This is the flag of Nevis.














From Wikipedia:

Nevis
is an island in the Caribbean near the top of the Lesser Antilles archipelago, about 220 miles (350 km) southeast of Puerto Rico and 50 miles (80 km) west of Antigua. The 36 square-mile (93 km²) island is part of the Leeward Islands and is located at latitude 17.15°N and longitude 62.58°W. The capital of Nevis is Charlestown. Nevis is federated with Saint Kitts in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The two islands are separated by a 2-mile (3.22 km) wide channel.

Nevis is conical in shape, with a volcanic peak at the centre. The island is fringed by long strands of golden sand beaches and has a coastline intermittently protected by coral reefs. The colour of the sand is a result of the mixture of coral, foraminifera and volcanic sand. The most famous beach is the 4-mile (6.44 km) long Pinney's Beach on the west coast. In the lush interior, rivers and ponds fill up seasonally, and the gently sloping coastal plain (0.6 miles/1 km wide) also has natural fresh water springs, especially along the west coast. The island was named Oualie ("Land of Beautiful Waters") by the Caribs and Dulcina ("Sweet Island") by the early British settlers.[3] The name Nevis is derived from Spanish, Nuestra Señora de las Nieves ("Our Lady of the Snows"), a name given the island in 1493 by Christopher Columbus who thought the clouds over Nevis Peak made the island resemble a snow-capped mountain.

The majority of the approximately 12,000 inhabitants of Nevis are of African descent. English is the official language and the literacy rate, 98 percent, is one of the highest in the Western Hemisphere. The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) Conference paper presented at The St. Kitts and Nevis Country Conference, University of the West Indies, Barbados, May 2000 and the Cambridge General Certificate of Education Examination (GCE) results of students in Nevis are consistently among the highest in the English-speaking Caribbean.[4][5]

I feel so smart.

1 Comments:

Blogger lannie loo said...

Well my friend...you have finally been educated!!! Congrats!!!

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