Location: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico.
Area: total: 91 sq km, land: 91 sq km, water: 0 sq km.
Natural resources: Salt, fish, lobster.
Population: 17,087 (July 2017 est.).
Capital: The Valley.
Time Zone: UTC−4.
Languages: English (official).
Dependency status: Overseas territory of the UK.
Government type: Parliamentary democracy (House of Assembly); self-governing overseas territory of the UK.
Legal system: Common law based on the English model.
International organization participation: Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS, UNESCO (associate), UPU.
Economy: Anguilla has few natural resources, is unsuited for agriculture, and the economy depends heavily on luxury tourism, offshore banking, lobster fishing, and remittances from emigrants. Increased activity in the tourism industry has spurred the growth of the construction sector contributing to economic growth. Anguillan officials have put substantial effort into developing the offshore financial sector, which is small but growing. In the medium term, prospects for the economy will depend largely on the recovery of the tourism sector and, therefore, on revived income growth in the industrialized nations as well as on favorable weather conditions.
Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD).