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  The World Factbook.  2008.
 
 
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British Virgin Islands
 
group of about 100 small islands, West Indies, E of Puerto Rico. The islands are divided politically between the United States and Great Britain. Although constituting the westernmost part of the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands form a geological unit with Puerto Rico and the Greater Antilles; they are of volcanic origin overlaid with limestone.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. (Copyright © 2002-2008 Columbia University Press.)
 
 
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  3. People
  4. Government
  5. Economy
  6. Communications
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  9. Transnational Issues
 
 
 
 
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