FAST FACTS

• Name: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Capital City: Kingstown (24,518 pop.)
• St Vincent and the Grenadines Population:
  (2010 est.)
• World Populations (all countries)
• Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar
  (conversion rates)
  
  
  100 Eastern Caribbean Dollars
• Ethnicity: Black 66%, Mixed 19%, East Indian 6%, European 4%, Carib Amerindian 2%, other 3%
• GDP total: $1.107 billion
• GDP per capita: $10,600
• Land Sizes
• Language: English, French patois
• Largest Cities: (by population) Kingstown, Kingstown Park, Georgetown, Byera Village, Biabou, Port Elizabeth, Chateaubelair, Dovers
• Name: St. Vincent was named by Christopher Columbus in honor of Spanish Saint Vincent of Saragossa. The Grenadines is derived from the Spanish word for "pomegranate."
• National Day: October 27
• Religion: Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12%
• Symbols

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