Antigua and Barbuda

n. independent commonwealth in the West Indies

Antigua and Barbuda is an island nation located in the eastern Caribbean Sea, on its boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. This country has two major islands: Antigua  and Barbuda , which are close neighbours within the middle of the Leeward Islands, roughly 17 degrees north of the equator. Antigua and Barbuda are part of the Lesser Antilles archipelago with the islands of Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago to the south, Montserrat to the southwest, Saint Kitts and Nevis to the west and Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin and Anguilla to the northwest.
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Noun
1. a country in the northern Leeward Islands
(hypernym) country, state, land
(member-holonym) Organization of American States, OAS
(part-holonym) Leeward Islands
(part-meronym) Antigua

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Background The Siboney were the first to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak and Carib Indians populated the islands when Columbus landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early settlements by the Spanish and French were succeeded by the English who formed a colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981. Map of Antigua and Barbuda More about Antigua and Barbuda: Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues

Chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Louisse LAKE-TACK (since 17 July 2007)

Head of government: Prime Minister Winston Baldwin SPENCER (since 24 March 2004)

Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister

Elections: the monarch is hereditary; governor general chosen by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general