Flag | |
Coat of Arms | |
Motto | To Dwell Together in Unity |
Anthem | "A Song for Federation" |
Royal Anthem | "God Save the Queen" |
Capital | Kingston |
Official Languages | English |
Government | Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor General | Helen Kilpatrick |
Prime Minister | Portia Simpson-Miller |
Legislature | Parliament |
Upper House | Senate |
Lower House | House of Representatives |
Independence | from the United Kingdom |
British Caribbean Federation Act | 3 January 1958 |
West Indies Act | 6 August 1962 |
Currency | BWI Dollar (BWD) |
The West Indies Federation is a country in the Caribbean consisting of 12 provinces. It is one of the seventeen British Commonwealth Realms.
The 12 provinces are:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbados
- Cayman Islands
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Jamaica
- Montserrat
- Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos