Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands are in the Caribbean, east of Puerto Rico. They are divided into two territories: the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. While the British Virgin Islands (BVI), is an Overseas Territory of the UK, the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), is a Territory of the USA.
The capital of BVI is Road Town on the island of Tortola which is the largest of the islands in the British Virgin Islands. Other islands within the domain of BVI are Virgin Gorda and Anegada along with a number of smaller islands. The domain of the USVI consists of the islands of St Croix (the largest island under USVI), St Thomas, St John, and Water Island, as well as a number of smaller islands and cays. St Croix is the largest of the US Virgin Islands, while Charlotte Amalie on the island of St Thomas is the capital of the USVI.
The terrain of the USVI is mostly hilly and mountainous. In contrast, the BVI islands are volcanic in nature. The coral islands have flat ground. The white cedar is a national tree in the BVI. The island also grows banana, coconut, mango, papaya and tamarind. The food habits of the English-speaking Christians in the BVI consist of flat bread or ‘rotis’ stuffed with meat, seafood and vegetables. They eat a lot of cornmeal and okra ‘fungi’ along with seafood in both BVI and USVI. A popular local dish in the USVI is called callaloo, a stew made with spinach or okra and fish as main ingredients. In the USVI, the daily catch of shellfish and fish make for the regular diet as well as meat and chicken - used in a variety of recipes. An interesting drink in the USVI is the bush tea, which is brewed from leaves collected locally. A popular drink known as ‘mauby’ is made from the bark of a tree. Rum and beer produced in the USVI are popular.
While the economy of the BVI largely depends on tourism and offshore financial services, the main trading partners of the BVI are the USVI and Puerto Rico. Though tourism is also the single largest contributor to the USVI economy, industries like petroleum refining, construction, pharmaceuticals, electronics, watch assembly, textiles and rum give substantial contributions too.
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