The United States Virgin Islands,officially the Virgin Islands of the United States,are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.
The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) is the only place under United States jurisdiction where the rule of the road is to drive on the left. However,virtually all passenger vehicles are left hand drive due to imports of U.S. vehicles.
Saint Thomas is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea,and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI),an unincorporated territory of the United States. Along with surrounding minor islands,it is one of three county-equivalents in the USVI. Together with Saint John,it forms one of the districts of the USVI. The territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie is located on the island. As of the 2020 census,the population of Saint Thomas was 42,261,about 48.5% of the total population of the United States Virgin Islands. The island has a land area of 32 square miles (83 km2).
Elections in the U.S. Virgin Islands are held to elect senators to the Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands,the governor and lieutenant governor of the territory,and a delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
The University of the Virgin Islands is a public historically black land-grant university in the United States Virgin Islands.
The Legislature of the Virgin Islands is the territorial legislature of the United States Virgin Islands. The legislative branch of the unincorporated U.S. territory is unicameral,with a single house consisting of 15 senators,elected to two-year terms without term limits. The legislature meets in Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas.
Edward Wilmot Blyden was an Americo-Liberian educator,writer,diplomat,and politician who was primarily active in West Africa. Born in the Danish West Indies,he joined the waves of black immigrants from the Americas who migrated to Liberia. Blyden became a teacher for five years in the British West African colony of Sierra Leone in the early twentieth century. His major writing were on pan-Africanism which later became influential throughout West Africa,attracting attention in countries such as the United States as well. He believed that Zionism was a model for what he termed Ethiopianism,and that African Americans could return to Africa and help in the rebuilding of the continent.
The 2007 CFU Club Championship was the annual international football club competition held in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) region. Nineteen teams were to compete in the tournament,from November 4 to November 16 in six venues in Trinidad and Tobago. The first round consisted of five groups played in a round-robin format. The first round group winners along with the three best second-place teams advanced to the quarterfinals. The Caribbean Tournament Champion qualified to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions Cup.
The 2014 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. Incumbent Democratic Governor John de Jongh was term-limited and was unable run for re-election to a third term in office. Since no candidate received a majority in the general election,as required by the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands,a runoff was held between Donna Christian-Christensen and Kenneth Mapp,the two top vote receivers. Mapp went on to win the run off in a landslide victory,with almost 64% of the vote.
Blyden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The 2018 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to select the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. The election was held concurrently with the 2018 United States midterm elections. Since no candidate received a majority of the General Election vote,as required by the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands,a runoff was held 14 days later between Albert Bryan Jr. and Incumbent Governor Kenneth Mapp,the top two vote-getters. On November 20,2018,Democrat Albert Bryan Jr. won the runoff with 54.5% of the vote.
Franklin Blyden is a hurdler who represents the United States Virgin Islands. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Ianthe Blyden was a Virgin Islander,born at a time when the islands were held by the Danish. She trained as a nurse and served for fifty-three years at Knud Hansen Memorial Hospital,for thirty-seven of those years she was head nurse. She was instrumental in the development of nursing in the US Virgin Islands and the influence for establishing the island's nursing board.
The 2022 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022 to elect the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. The election was held concurrently with the 2022 United States midterm elections.
The 34th Virgin Islands Legislature was a meeting of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. It convened in Charlotte Amalie on January 11,2021,during the third year of Albert Bryan’s governorship and ended on January 9,2023.
The 35th Virgin Islands Legislature is the current meeting of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. It has convened in Charlotte Amalie on January 9,2023,during the first two years of Governor Albert Bryan’s second term.
