Antigua and Barbuda.
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Antigua and Barbuda . Area - 442 sq.km. Population - 81,479 Capital - Saint John's. Pre-ceramic Amerindians were the first to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 BC. Later Arawak and Carib Amerindian tribes populated the islands. The island of Antigua was named Wadadli by these natives. Christopher Columbus landed on his second voyage in 1493 and gave the island the name Antigua. Early settlement by the Spanish was replaced by English rule from 1632, with a French interlude in 1666. Subsequently Irish Catholic slaves were transported to Antigua. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. Currency : 1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$) = 100 c.
