Saint Kitts and Nevis (St. Kitts) is a country with dual islands on British West Indians. It is situated at 1300 miles southeast of Miami of Florida in USA, with the population around 50 thousand (2006). The area of St. Kitts is 267 square kilometers, with 94% of black people, also there are Caucasian and mixed people. The majority of people embrace in Christianity, and English is the official language and the most common language. The currency is East Caribbean Dollar. St. Kitts belongs to tropical maritime climate, with average weather 26℃.
The capital Basseterre is at the bigger St. Kitts island, and the smaller Nevis island is at 3 miles southeast away from the St. Kitts island. In between the two islands there is a channel called “The Narrows”. The two main islands are all volcanic island, covered by jungle, there are several rivers flowing to the sea. There are not many people there, and most of the residents living at seaside cities.
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The average personal income in St. Kitts and Nevis and above the average. Tourism is the main industry of national economy and the main source of foreign exchange. The main agriculture categories are sugar cane and cotton, also there are coconut, banana etc. There are 13.4% people doing agriculture work. The size of agriculture in Nevis is not large, they mainly produce sea island cotton, fruit, vegetable and animal for themselves.
In recent year, in order to make the economics more diversified, the government pays attention to light industry and tourism. The construction and manufactory are quite popular. The offshore financial sector is expanding in Nevis, currently there are about 15000 international companies doing offshore finance.
