Saint Kitts and Nevis

CapitalBasseterre

CurrencyXCD · Eastern Caribbean dollar

LanguageEnglish

Since1967

ISOKNA · KN

Population

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— THE COUNTRY —

Country in the West Indies

Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country located in the Caribbean consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles. With 261 square kilometres (101 sq mi) of territory, and roughly 48,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere, in both area and population, as well as the world's smallest sovereign federation. The country is a Commonwealth realm, with Charles III as king and head of state.

Text: Wikipedia — Saint Kitts and NevisCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-29

— FACTS —

Motto: Country Above Self
Capital: Basseterre
Currency: Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Official language: English
Drives on the: Left
Calling code: +1869
Top-level domain: .kn
Independence / founding: 27 Feb 1967
Highest point: Mount Liamuiga (1,156 m)
Lowest point: Caribbean Sea (0 m)
Anthem: O Land of Beauty!

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-08-02

The World Bank does not publish figures for Saint Kitts and Nevis, so this note carries no economic or social statistics.

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— EXTRAS —

Anthem

O Land of Beauty!Audio: Wikimedia Commons

Capital time

--:--:--Basseterre · approx. UTC-4

Neighbours

Saint Kitts and Nevis has no land borders

Landmarks

Brimstone Hill Fortress National ParkImage: Wikimedia Commons

People

Pavel Durovtechnology entrepreneur (born 1984)

Armen Sarkissian4th President of Armenia, Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, one of the directors of Eurasia House, physicist, diplomat, politician (born 1953)