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Also known as Caymans, ky, CAY

British overseas territory in the Caribbean

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The Cayman Islands is a territory with a population of 88,833 and an area of 264. It was discovered or invented on May 10, 1503. The region uses the maritime identification digits "319" and the telephone country code "+1345". Its nominal GDP is 6,028,373,541, and the mains voltage is 120.

Residents have a literacy rate of 99 and a life expectancy of 82.19024. The territory is represented by the Unicode character "🇰🇾" and the Commonwealth Sport country code "CAY". It is referenced by 5,547 other encyclopedia articles. Visual materials are available in the Commons category and gallery for the Cayman Islands.

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Wikidata facts

Part of
Caribbean
Official name
Cayman Islands
Demonym
caymaniani
Continent
North America
Official language
English language
Population
71105
Area
264
Head of state
Charles III
Form of government
British overseas territory
Image
ISS014-E-20406 - View of the Cayman Islands.jpg
Life expectancy
82.1
Nominal GDP
6028373541
Calling code
+1345
Mains voltage
120
Motto
Той я основа върху морета
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twinned administrative body
Miami-Dade County
Commons category
Cayman Islands
top-level Internet domain
.ky
topic's main category
Category:Cayman Islands
category for films shot at this location
Category:Films shot in the Cayman Islands
category of associated people
Category:Caymanian people
time of discovery or invention
1503-05-10
discoverer or inventor
Christopher Columbus
office held by head of state
monarch of the United Kingdom
maritime identification digits
319
located in/on physical feature
Caribbean
member of
UNESCO
Commons gallery
Cayman Islands
emergency phone number
911
topic's main Wikimedia portal
Portal:Cayman Islands
diplomatic relation
United States
language used
English language
literacy rate
99
driving side
left
Unicode character
🇰🇾
different from
Cayman
office held by head of government
Premier of the Cayman Islands
Commonwealth Sport country code
CAY
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Encyclopedic overview

Small coat of arms of the Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands (/ˈkeɪmən/) is a self-governing British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean. With a population of over 90,000, it is the most populated of all the British Overseas Territories. The 264-square-kilometre (102-square-mile) territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located south of Cuba and north-east of Honduras, between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. The capital city is George Town on Grand Cayman, which is the most populous of the three islands.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cayman Islands” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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