Country Profile
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Name: Antigua is Spanish for “ancient” and Barbuda is Spanish for “bearded”. The island of Antigua, originally called Wa’ladli by Arawaks, is today called Wadadli by locals. Caribs possibly called it Wa’omoni. Christopher Columbus, while sailing by in 1493 may have named it Santa Maria la Antigua, after an icon in the Spanish Seville Cathedral
Date of Membership in CCLEC: (1989 – Miami)
Committees / Working Groups: Finance and Audit
Motto: “Each endeavoring, all achieving”
Status: Independent (1st November 1981)
Area: 442 km2 (170 miles2)
GDP: 2014 estimate – $1.2 bn
Population: 2014 est. :91,295
Capital City: St.John
Official Language: English
Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar (EC$)
Raju Boddu
Comptroller of Customs
Website: http://customs.gov.ag/