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migrants/1,000 population (1991) _#_Infant mortality rate: 14 deaths/1,000 live births (1991) _#_Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 77 years female (1991) _#_Total fertility rate: 2.1 children born/woman (1991) _#_Nationality: noun--British Virgin Islander(s); adjective--British Virgin Islander _#_Ethnic divisions: black over 90%, remainder of white and Asian origin _#_Religion: Protestant 86% (Methodist 45%, Anglican 21%, Church of God 7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%), Roman Catholic 6%, none 2%, other 6% (1981) _#_Language: English (official) _#_Literacy: 98% (male 98%, female 98%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970) _#_Labor force: 4,911 (1980) _#_Organized labor: NA% of labor force _*_Government _#_Long-form name: none _#_Type: dependent territory of the UK _#_Capital: Road Town _#_Administrative divisions: none (dependent territory of the UK) _#_Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK) _#_Constitution: 1 June 1977 _#_Legal system: English law _#_National holiday: Territory Day, 1 July _#_Executive branch: British monarch, governor, chief minister, Executive Council (cabinet) _#_Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Council _#_Judicial branch: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court _#_Leaders: Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor John Mark Ambrose HERDMAN (since NA 1986); Head of Government--Chief Minister H. Lavity STOUTT (since NA 1986) _#_Political parties and leaders: United Party (UP), Conrad MADURO; Virgin Islands Party (VIP), H. Lavity STOUTT; Independent People's Movement (IPM), Cyril B. ROMNEY _#_Suffrage: universal at age 18 _#_Elections: Legislative Council--last held 12 November 1990 (next to be held by November 1995); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(9 total) VIP 6, IPM 1, independent 2 _#_Communists: probably none _#_Member of: CARICOM (observer), CDB, ECLAC (associate), IOC, OECS (associate), UNESCO (associate) _#_Diplomatic representation: none (dependent territory of the UK) _#_Flag: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Virgin Islander coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts a woman flanked on either side by a vertical column of six oil lamps above a scroll bearing the Latin wo
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