Time: 1 hour ahead of Eastern Standard US Time and 5 hours ahead of Standard European Time. Currency: 1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents. The East Caribbean dollar is converted at the fixed rate of $2.70 EC to $1.00 US. Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1—2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976). Costs: SVG is one of the resonable Caribbean countries, but some of the Grenadine Islands are very expensive. Location: Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago. Geographic coordinates: 13 15 N, 61 12 W. Highest point: Soufriere 1,234 m. Electricity: 220/240 volts AC, 50Hz. Entry Requirements: Extension of stay: Airports: 5. Departure Tax: Flight Times: Ports and harbors: Kingstown. Accommodations: Sports: Credit cards: Telephone system: islandwide, fully automatic telephone system; VHF/UHF radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to the other islands of the Grenadines; VHF/UHF radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to Barbados; new SHF radiotelephone to Grenada and to Saint Lucia; access to Intelsat earth station in Martinique through Saint Lucia. Government type: constitutional monarchy. Legal system: based on English common law. Nationality: Saint Vincentian(s) or Vincentian(s). Ethnic groups: black, white, East Indian, Carib Amerindian. Religions: Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Seventh-Day Adventist. Literacy: 96% (male: 96%, female: 96%). Industries: food processing, cement, furniture, clothing, starch. Agriculture—products: bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes, spices; small numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats; fish. Natural resources: NEGL. GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity—$2,400 (1998 est.). Unemployment rate: 35%-40% (1994 est.). Radio frequencies
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