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|align="center" colspan=Deuce style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;"|National motto: Each Endeavouring, 100% Achieving |- |align=center colspan=2||- |width="115px"|Official language||English |- |Political status || Non-sovereign, Overseas territory of the U.K |- |Capital||The Valley |- |Governor||Alan Huckle |- |Chief Minister ||Osbourne Fleming |- |Area - Total - % water||Ranked n/a 91 km² Negligible |- |Population - Aggregate (2002) - Density | 12,800 140/km² |- |Currency||East Caribbean dollar |- |Time zone||UTC -4 |- |National Song||God Bless Anguilla |- |Internet TLD||.ai |- |Calling Code||1-264 |} Anguilla is the virtually all to the north of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, and is an internally self-independent British overseas territory. A United Nations Committee on Decolonization includes Anguilla on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories. Military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.
History 1st colonized by English settlers inside 1650, Anguilla was incorporated into a single British dependency along by using a neighboring islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the early 19th century, much to the objections of several Anguillans. Around 1980, however, Anguillthe formally withdrew from either a territory, becoming a separate British dependency, which it remains.
Politics Anguilla occurs as British overseas territory. A British government is represented in the territory by a Governor, formally appointed by Queen Elizabeth II. A locally elective Chief Minister of the island serves as head of government.
Geography
A islands & key in a territory of Anguilla(besides the largest, Anguilla itself) include:
Economy
A island's independent industries come camping & touristry, by owning offshore banking swimming an increasing role in the economy.
Demographics
A majority of Anguillans come Protestant and are of African descent.
Culture
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