British Virgin Island

Official Name:		British Virgin Islands or (B.V.I)
Capital:		Road Town, Tortola
Status/Affiliation:		British Dependent Territory
Citizenship:		British Virgin Islander
Official Language:		English
BVI Currency:		US Dollar
BVI Time Zone:		EST (summer), EST+1 hr (winter), GMT-4 in summer & GMT-5 (winter) Daylight Saving Time is not observed
BVI Main Industries:		Tourism, Yacht Charters & Offshore Financial Services
Official Flag		Union Jack
National Bird:		Turtle Dove
National flower:		Oleandor
Population:		21,730
Head of State:		Queen ElizabethII (England or UK)
Head of Government:		Chief Minister Hon. Dr. Orlando Smith
Governor		Thomas Macan

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is a British overseas territory, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S. Virgin Islands. Technically the name of the Territory is simply the "Virgin Islands", but in practice since 1917 they have been almost universally referred to as the "British Virgin Islands" to distinguish the islands from the American Territory.[1] To add to the regional confusion, the Puerto Rican islands of Culebra, Vieques and surrounding islands began referring to themselves as the "Spanish Virgin Islands" as part of a tourism drive in the early 2000s. The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke, along with over fifty other smaller islands and cays. Approximately fifteen of the islands are inhabited. The capital, Road Town, is situated on Tortola, the largest island which is approximately 20 km (approx. 12 mi) long and 5 km (approx. 3 mi) wide. The islands have a total population of about 22,000, of whom approximately 18,000 live on Tortola.