_#_Language: English
_#_Literacy: 98% (male 98%, female 98%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)
_#_Labor force: 20,000 (1981)
_#_Organized labor: 6,700
_*Government #_Long-form name: Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
_#_Type: constitutional monarchy
_#_Capital: Basseterre
_#_Administrative divisions: 14 parishs; Christ Church Nichola Town,
Saint Anne Sandy Point, Saint George Basseterre, Saint George Gingerland,
Saint James Windward, Saint John Capisterre, Saint John Figtree, Saint
Mary Cayon, Saint Paul Capisterre, Saint Paul Charlestown, Saint Peter
Basseterre, Saint Thomas Lowland, Saint Thomas Middle Island, Trinity
Palmetto Point
_#_Independence: 19 September 1983 (from UK)
_#_Constitution: 19 September 1983