Caribbean Islands BRITISH DEPENDENCIES: THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
COUNTRY PROFILE: CAYMAN ISLANDS
Official Name: Islands
Term for Citizens: Town
Political Status: crown colony
Form of Government: governor and locally elected
assembly
GEOGRAPHY
Size: sq. km.
Topography: limestone and coral islands
Climate: estimated in 1985 growth rate (in percentage)
in 1985
POPULATION
Life expectancy at birth in 1984:
Adult literacy rate (in percentage) in 1986:
Ethnic groups: Black (25 percent), white (20 percent),
mulatto (55 percent)
Religion: Protestant
ECONOMY
Currency: Cayman Islands dollar (CI$)
Exchange rate: CI$0.84=US$1.00
Gross domestic product (GDP) in 1985 million
Per capita GDP in 1985 of GDP available
NATIONAL SECURITY
Armed forces personnel: personnel
Data as of November 1987
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