British Virgin Islands - Introduction

Here, let us take a look at some of the important facts about the country British Virgin Islands. Here, we have some interesting facts about British Virgin Islands. British Virgin Islands (officially: Virgin Islands) is a country in Americas, precisely in Caribbean, with a population of about N/A inhabitants today (2025-10-30). The capital city of Virgin Islands is Road Town, and the official country TLD code is .vg. British Virgin Islands has cca2, cca3, cioc, ccn3 codes as VG, VGB, IVB, 092 respectively. Check some other vital information below.

First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands (1872-1960); they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west, and the US dollar is the legal currency. In 2017, Hurricane Irma devastated the island of Tortola. An estimated 80% of residential and business structures were destroyed or damaged, communications disrupted, and local roads rendered impassable.
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British Virgin Islands is found in Caribbean