List of rivers of Saint Kitts and Nevis

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This is a list of rivers of Saint Kitts and Nevis . Only Cayon and Wingfield are permanent rivers, all other rivers listed are intermittent. There are six permanent streams and 53 intermittent streams in Saint Kitts and Nevis. [1]

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Saint Kitts

The following streams are located on Saint Kitts: [1]

Nevis

The following intermittent stream is located on Nevis: [1]

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Saint Kitts and Nevis, officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles. With 261 square kilometers of territory, and roughly 50,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere, in both area and population, as well as the world's smallest sovereign federation. The country is a Commonwealth realm, with Charles III as King and head of state. It is the only sovereign federation in the Caribbean.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saint Kitts</span> Island in the West Indies; part of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis

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Area code 869 is the local telephone area code of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The 869 area code was created during a split from the original (809) area code which began permissive dialing on 1 October 1996 and ended 31 March 1997.

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Spooner's Estate is a historical cotton and sugar plantation site on Saint Kitts island of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean.

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Windsor University School of Medicine is a private offshore medical school located in Cayon, Saint Mary Cayon Parish, Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean. Windsor confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. The university also has clinical education campuses in Carbondale, Illinois and Houghton Lake, Michigan. Administrative offices are located in Monee, Illinois.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the ministry responsible for handling the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis' external relations and its diplomatic missions abroad. The ministry's current director is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation, Denzil Douglas.

The Charles A. Halbert Public Library is the main library in Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 1982 a fire destroyed the entire building.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Saint Kitts and Nevis". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Retrieved August 2, 2021.