Montserrat
https://www.humantruth.info/montserrat.html
By Vexen Crabtree 2013
| Montserrat |  |
|---|---|
| Status | Dependency (Overseas Territory) |
| Sovereignty | UK |
| Capital | Plymouth |
| Land Area | |
| Location | North America, The Americas, The Caribbean |
| Groupings | Small Islands |
| Population | |
| GNI | |
| ISO3166-1 Codes | MS, MSR, 5001 |
| Internet Domain | .ms2 |
| Currency | Dollar (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. Montserrat's Responsibility Towards The Environment
#biodiversity #deforestation #over-exploitation #the_environment
This rank is derived from 1 data sets. Montserrat does better than average in its forested percent change 2000-20206.| Forest Area Change 2000-2020 Higher is better6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Total6 | |
| 1 | Guernsey | 82.6% |
| 2 | Bahrain | 75.2% |
| 3 | Iceland | 64.7% |
| ... | ||
| 131= | St Martin | 0.0% |
| 131= | Liechtenstein | 0.0% |
| 131= | Libya | 0.0% |
| 131= | Montserrat | 0.0% |
| 131= | Kiribati | 0.0% |
| 131= | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% |
| 137 | Nepal | -0.1% |
| 138 | Finland | -0.2% |
| The Americas Avg | -2.1% | |
| World Avg | -0.1% | |
| q=234. | ||
3. 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 below7:
| Christian | 93.5% |
| Muslim | 0.1% |
| Hindu | 0.1% |
| Buddhist | 0.1% |
| Folk Religion | 0.2% |
| Jewish | 0.1% |
| Unaffiliated | 4.8% |
The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Protestant (Anglican, Methodist, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations), Roman Catholic8.
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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.