| |  | | Location: | Caribbean, island group in Caribbean Sea, nearly one-half of the way from Cuba to Honduras
| | Time: | GMT +5 | | Climate: | tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May to October) and cool, relatively dry winters (November to April) | | Population: | 34,763 (July 2000 est.) | | Weather: | yahoo Weather - St. George's
Weather Forecast- Grenada | | Currency: | 1 Caymanian dollar (CI$) = 100 cents
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| The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries. Administered by Jamaica from 1863, they remained a British dependency after 1962 when the former became independent. |  | Cayman Islands | | People | | Population: | 34,763 (July 2000 est.) | | Population growth rate: | 2.22% (2000 est.) | | Birth rate: | 14.21 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) | | Death rate: | 5.09 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) | | Sex ratio: | total population:0.94 male(s)/female (2000 est.) | | Infant mortality rate: | 10.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) | Total fertility rate: | 2.05 children born/woman (2000 est.) | | Life expectancy at birth: | total population:78.88 years
male :76.1 years
female: 81.27 years (2000 est.) | | Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:98%
male:98%
female:98% (1970 est.) | | Religions: | United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational), Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Church of God, other Protestant | | Nationality: | noun: Caymanian(s)
adjective:Caymanian | Government | Country name: | conventional long form : none
conventional short form:Cayman Islands | Data code: | CJ | | Government type: | British crown colony | | National capital: | George Town | | Independence: | none (overseas territory of the UK) | | National holiday: | Constitution Day (first Monday in July) | | Legal system: | British common law and local statutes | | Suffrage: | 118 years of age; universal | | Judicial branch: | Summary Court; Grand Court; Cayman Islands Court of Appeal | | Flag description: | blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Caymanian coat of arms on a white disk centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms includes a pineapple and turtle above a shield with three stars (representing the three islands) and a scroll at the bottom bearing the motto HE HATH FOUNDED IT UPON THE SEAS | | | | Economy | | GDP: | purchasing power parity - $930 million (1997 est.) | | GDP - real growth rate: | 5% (1997 est.) | | GDP - per capita: | purchasing power parity - $24,500 (1997 est.) | | GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture :1.4%
industry:3.2%
services:95.4% (1994 est.) | | Inflation rate - consumer price index: | 3% (1998) | | Labor force: | total: 19,820 (1995)
by occupation:agriculture 1.4%, industry 12.6%, services 86% (1995) | | Unemployment rate: | 5.1% (1996) | | Budget: | revenues: $265.2 million
expenditures:$248.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997) | | Industries: | tourism, banking, insurance and finance, construction, construction materials, furniture | | Industrial production growth rate: | NA% | Agriculture - products: | vegetables, fruit; livestock, turtle farming | | Exports: | total value: $2.17 million (1997)
commodities:turtle products, manufactured consumer goods
partners :mostly US | | Imports: | total value:$432 million (1997)
commodities:foodstuffs, manufactured goods
partners:US, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Netherlands Antilles, Japan | | Debt - external: | $70 million (1996) | | Currency: | 1 Caymanian dollar (CI$) = 100 cents | | Transportation | | Railways: | total: 0 km | | Highways: | total: 406 km | | Airports: | 3 (1999 est.) | | Ports and harbors: | Cayman Brac, George Town | | Transnational Issues | | Disputes - international: | none | | Illicit drugs : | vulnerable to drug money laundering and drug transshipment | Most details come from CIA World Factbook
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