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 Latin America and the Caribbean -Contacts-
 St. Kitts and Nevis

Basic Data*

Area: 168 km²
Capital: Basseterre
Language: English
Total Population: 41 (in thousands, 1997 est)
Total Estimated Population 2005 (in thousands):

Urban:
Rural:

 37



13
24
Population Density: 157 (pop. per square km)
Currency: EC dollar
GDP Per Capita: 11.300 (US$, 2001)
Grow Rate of Population: 0.3 (%/annum, 1950-2030)
Religion(s): Roman Catholic and protestant
Population with sustainable access to an improved water source: 96 (%, año 2000)
Borders: Islands in the Caribbean Sea, between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago

Record of disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/natural-table-emdat.php?country=St+Kitts+%26+Nevis

Technological disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/tech-table-emdat.php?country=St+Kitts+%26+Nevis

 

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
Old Telephone Building, Central Street
Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis
Tel: (869) 466-5100
Fax: (869) 466-5310
E-mail: nemaskb@caribsurf.com

St. Kitts & Nevis Red Cross
P.O. Box 62 Horsford Road Basseterre, St. Kitts
Tel: (869) 465-2584
Fax: (869) 465- 2584
E-mail: skbredcr@caribsurf.com


Office of Disaster Preparedness
Market ST
P.O. Box 88
Charlestown
Tel: (869) 469-1423
Fax: (869) 469-5407
E-mail: odpnevis@caribsurf.com,
newton@caribsurf.com


Ministry of Health and the Environment
Church Street, PO Box 186
Basseterre
Tel: (869) 466-6978 (direct) or 465-2521 ext:1171
Fax: (869) 465-1316 or 466-8574
E-mail: andyskerritt@yahoo.com


 
* Source: Statistics and indicators are provided by the International Center for Scientific Research (CIRS); the United Nations Statistics Division from the World Statistics Pocketbook, Statistical Yearbook and Report , except capital cities, languages and illiteracy rate; the Human Development Report 2006; and the Data Base of Stadistics and Social Indicators (BADEINSO) of ECLAC.

Regional Disaster Information Center
Tel: (506) 296.3952 | Fax: (506) 2231.5973
Pavas, San José, Costa Rica,
P.O. Box 1122-1200 San José, Costa Rica – 101092
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