Americas/Caribbean
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre
51.3K
261 km²
Eastern Caribbean dollar
Coastal
English
Historical Events
1623 - British and French Colonization
Saint Kitts became home to the first British and French Caribbean colonies.
1967 - Anguilla Secession
Anguilla seceded from the union known as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla.
1983 - Independence from Britain
Saint Kitts and Nevis gained independence, becoming the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere.