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General Information Area: Anguilla: 91 sq km (35 sq miles). Sombrero: 5 sq km (2 sq miles). Total: 96 sq km (37 sq miles). Population: 12,446 (official estimate 2002). Population density: 129.6 per sq km (2002). Capital: The Valley. Population: 595 (1992). GEOGRAPHY: Anguilla, the northernmost of the Leeward Islands, also comprises the island of Sombrero, lying 48km (30 miles) north of Anguilla, and several small islets or cays. The nearest islands are St Maarten, 8km (5 miles) south of Anguilla, and St Kitts and Nevis, 113km (70 miles) to the southeast. The islands are mainly flat – the highest point, Crocus Hill, is only 60m (213ft) above sea level – with, arguably, some of the best beaches in the world. Government: United Kingdom Overseas Territory since 1980. Head of State: HM Queen Elizabeth II, represented locally by Governor Peter Johnstone since 2000. Head of Government: Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming since 2000. Language: English is the official and commercial language. Religion: Roman Catholic, Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and Moravian, with Hindu, Jewish and Muslim minorities. Time: GMT - 4. Electricity: 110/220 volts AC, 60Hz. Communications:   Telephone Full IDD is available. Country code: 1 264. Outgoing international code: 011. Mobile telephone TDMA network. Network operators include Cable & Wireless Caribbean Cellular (website: www.caribcell.com). Unregistered roaming is available – visitors with TDMA handsets can make calls without registering, provided they can give a credit card number. Fax Cable & Wireless operates fax services. Internet ISPs include Cable & Wireless (website: www.anguillanet.com). Telegram Cables may be sent from Cable & Wireless (West Indies) Ltd Public Booth, The Valley, which controls all British-owned cables in the area. Post The General Post Office is in The Valley, open Mon-Fri 0800-1530 and closed at weekends. There is a ‘travelling service’ to other districts on Anguilla. Airmail to Europe takes from four days to two weeks. Press The Chronicle and The Daily Herald are both daily newspapers. The Light is a weekly newsletter and Anguilla Life magazine is published quarterly. What We Do In Anguilla, an official tourism guide, is published annually. BBC World Service and Voice of America frequencies: From time to time these change. BBC (website: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice): MHz 15.19 12.10 6.195 5.975 Voice of America (website: www.voa.gov): MHz 13.79 9.455 6.130 5.995 From www.columbusguides.com, Copyright © 2004 Highbury Columbus Travel Publishing Terms and Conditions apply.