| LC control no. | n 79041793 |
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| Geographic heading | Saint Vincent |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines--Saint Vincent |
| Variant(s) | St. Vincent Saint Vincent Colony Colony of Saint Vincent |
| See also | West Indies (Federation) Windward Islands (Jurisdiction) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Special note | AACR 1 form: St. Vincent |
| Found in | Great Britain. Comptroller for Development and Welfare in the West Indies. Education in St. Vincent ... 1943. Political handbook of the world 1981 (Saint Vincent, former British dependency; joined West Indies Associated States in 1969; independent member of the Commonwealth [with the Grenadines] since 10/27/82) GEOnet, Nov. 4, 2004 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines--PCLI, 13°05ʹN 61°12ʹW, variants: Saint Vincent Colony; Saint Vincent, State of; Saint Vincent, Colony of; Saint Vincent) Wikipedia, Dec. 30, 2005 Saint Vincent (from 1763 until independence, St. Vincent passed through various stages of colonial status under the British; during this period, the British made several unsuccessful attempts to affiliate St. Vincent with other Windward Islands in order to govern the region through a unified administration. The colonies themselves, desirous of freedom from British rule, made a notable attempt at unification called West Indies Federation, which collapsed in 1962. St. Vincent was granted associate statehood status on Oct. 27, 1969; St. Vincent and the Grenadines became the last of the Windward Islands to gain independence on Oct. 27, 1979) Windward Islands (Windward Islands name was also used to refer to a British colony in these islands, existing between 1833 and 1960 and consisting of the islands of Grenada, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent, the Grenadines, Barbados (to 1885, when it became a separate colony), Tobago (to 1889 when it was joined to Trinidad), and Dominica (from 1940, when it was transferred from the Leeward Islands colony to the Windward Islands)) West Indies Federation (Windward Islands Colony, 1833-1958; broke up in 1958 when each island chose to join the new Federation of the West Indies as a separate unit) Flags of the world website, Dec. 30, 2005 (The islands included in the British colony of the Windward Islands ... when established in 1834 it consisted of Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, and Tobago. St. Lucia was added in 1838, Barbados was detached in 1885, Tobago was detached in 1889 and Dominica was added in 1940) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (island; 13°15ʹ00ʺN 061°12ʹ00ʺW) |
| Geographic area code | nwxm--- |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 85116623 |
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