Saint Kitts and Nevis
The smallest country in the Americas
Passport card
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Capital
- Basseterre
- Continent
- North America
- Currency
- East Caribbean dollar
- Languages
- English
- People
- About 47,000
- Size
- About 261 km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Terrance Drew
- Free since
- 19 September 1983
- Time
- 9½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 2:30 am in Basseterre
⭐ It is the smallest country in the Americas, both in land and in people.
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Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Saint Kitts and Nevis
Turn the globe with your finger. Saint Kitts and Nevis has no neighbours on land. Its nearest neighbours are across the sea.
Compare with India
Saint Kitts and Nevis and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale. Saint Kitts and Nevis is so small that it is marked with a ring.
- SizeIndia is about 13,000 times the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
- PeopleIndia has about 31,000 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 47,000 in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
- DistanceBasseterre is about 13,300 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeSaint Kitts and Nevis is 9½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 2:30 am in Basseterre.
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Map puzzle
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Saint Kitts and Nevis and its neighbour have fallen off the map. Can you put them both back?
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For parents and teachers
Free Saint Kitts and Nevis worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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