24 nm;

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;

Territorial sea: 12 nm

_#_Climate: tropical; little seasonal temperature variation;
rainy season (May to November)

_#_Terrain: volcanic, mountainous; Soufriere volcano on the island
of Saint Vincent

_#_Natural resources: negligible

_#_Land use: arable land 38%; permanent crops 12%; meadows and
pastures 6%; forest and woodland 41%; other 3%; includes irrigated
3%

_#_Environment: subject to hurricanes; Soufriere volcano is a
constant
threat

_#_Note: some islands of the Grenadines group are administered by
Grenada

_*_People
_#_Population: 114,221 (July 1991), growth rate 1.4% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 27 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: - 7 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 31 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 68 years male, 72 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 2.8 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun--Saint Vincentian(s) or Vincentian(s);
adjectives--Saint Vincentian or Vincentian

_#_Ethnic divisions: mainly of black African descent; remainder mixed,
with some white, East Indian, Carib Indian

_#_Religion: Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Seventh-Day
Adventist

_#_Language: English, some French patois

_#_Literacy: 96% (male 96%, female 96%) age 15 and over having ever
attended school (1970)

_#_Labor force: 67,000 (1984 est.)

_#_Organized labor: 10% of labor force

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: none

_#_Type: constitutional monarchy

_#_Capital: Kingstown

_#_Administrative divisions: 6 parishes; Charlotte, Grenadines,
Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint Patrick

_#_Independence: 27 October 1979 (from UK)

_#_Constitution: 27 October 1979

_#_Legal system: based on English common law

_#_National holiday: Independence Day, 27 October (1979)

_#_Executive branch: British monarch, governor general, prime
minister, Cabinet

_#_Legislative branch: unicameral House of Assembly

_#_Judicial branch: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

_#_Leaders:

Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952),
represented by Governor General David JACK (since 29 Septermber 1989);

Head of Government--Prime Minister James F. MITCHELL (since 30 July
1984)

_#_Political parties and leaders:
New Democratic P