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The economy of the United States Virgin Islands is primarily dependent upon tourism, trade, and other services, accounting for nearly 60% of the Virgin Island's GDP and about half of total civilian employment. Close to two million tourists per year visit the islands. [1] The government is the single largest employer.
First Monday in September. Labor Day. Second Monday in October. Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day / Columbus Day. Established in 1964 to recognize the ties between the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. [ 3] October 25. Hurricane Thanksgiving. Established to give thanks for being spared from hurricanes.
The 35th Virgin Islands Legislature is the current meeting of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. It has convened in Charlotte Amalie on January 9, 2023, during the first two years of Governor Albert Bryan ’s second term.
VI. US-VI. Internet TLD. .vi. The United States Virgin Islands, [ b] officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States. [ 8] The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the ...
United States Virgin Islands population pyramid in 2020. This is a demography of the population of the United States Virgin Islands including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
This article has been updated with a statement from the U.S. Virgin Islands’ Department of Justice and to note that Celestino A. White Sr. is a member of the commission overseeing the St. Thomas ...
This is a list of the individual United States Virgin Islands year pages. In 1917, Denmark sold these islands (as the Danish West Indies ) to the United States for $25,000,000 in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies , forming an organized, unincorporated United States territory .
The attorney general of the United States Virgin Islands supervises and directs the Department of Justice. [ 1] In 1962, the Virgin Islands Department of Law was established as an executive department in the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands pursuant to the Virgin Islands Code (Title 3, Chapter 8).