The Human Truth Foundation

Montserrat

http://www.humantruth.info/montserrat.html

By Vexen Crabtree 2013

Montserrat
StatusDependency (Overseas Territory)
SovereigntyUK
CapitalPlymouth
Land Area
LocationNorth America, The Americas, The Caribbean
GroupingsSmall Islands
Population
GNI
ISO3166-1 CodesMS, MSR, 5001
Internet Domain.ms2
CurrencyDollar (XCD)3
Telephone+4

1. Overview

English and Irish colonists from St. Kitts first settled on Montserrat in 1632; the first African slaves arrived three decades later. The British and French fought for possession of the island for most of the 18th century, but it finally was confirmed as a British possession in 1783. The island's sugar plantation economy was converted to small farm landholdings in the mid 19th century. Much of this island was devastated and two-thirds of the population fled abroad because of the eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano that began on 18 July 1995. Montserrat has endured volcanic activity since, with the last eruption occurring in July 2003.

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)5

As a territory of the UK I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.

2. Religion and Beliefs

#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism

Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below6:

Christian93.5%
Muslim0.1%
Hindu0.1%
Buddhist0.1%
Folk Religion0.2%
Jewish0.1%
Unaffiliated4.8%

The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Protestant (Anglican, Methodist, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations), Roman Catholic7.

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There isn't much information in the database for Montserrat, most likely because it is either a part of another country (i.e., a territory or possession) and therefore most international statistics are counted for the country as a whole, or, this is such an exotic place that little data exists about it.