St Kitts and Nevis
 Key facts
POPULATION (Census 2001): 45,841
AREA: 261 sq km
CAPITAL: Basseterre
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION TO GDP:-
CURRENCY: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
HEAD OF STATE: HM Queen Elizabeth II
GOVERNOR-GENERAL: Sir Cuthbert Sebastian
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister Denzil Douglas
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM: unicameral
STATE STRUCTURE: federal
LANGUAGES: English (official).
NATIONAL ELECTIONS: last: 2010; turnout: 81.2%; next: 2015
LOCAL ELECTIONS: There is no elected local government
Summary
St Kitts and Nevis is a federal constitutional monarchy with two governments, the central government and the Nevis Island Assembly, which is recognised in the constitution. There is no local government on either island.
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