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Name: Saint Kitts was named “Liamuiga”, which roughly translates as “fertile land”, by the Kalinago Indians who originally inhabited the island. The name is preserved via St. Kitts’s western peak, Mount Liamuiga. Nevis’s pre-Columbian name was “Oualie”, meaning “land of beautiful waters”.
Date of Membership in CCLEC: (1994 – Bermuda)
Motto: “Country Above Self””
Status: Independent – 19 September 1983
Area: 261 km2 (101 miles2)
GDP: 2016 estimate – $1.458 billion
Population: 2016 est. : 54,961
Capital City: Basseterre
Official Language: English
Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
