Bermuda

Bermuda is a colony consisting of some 300 coral islands (20 of them inhabited), situated in the Atlantic Ocean, 933 km (580 mi) east of Cape Hatteras (US) at 32° 19′ N and 64° 35′ W. Their total area is about 54 sq km (21 sq mi). The US leases a 5.8-sq-km (2.2-sq-mi) area of land reclaimed from the sea for military purposes. The largest island, Bermuda (sometimes called Main) Island, is about 23 km (14 mi) long and has an average width of 1.6 km (1 mi). The islands are mostly flat and rocky, with luxuriant semitropical vegetation. Because Bermuda lies in the Gulf Stream, the climate is generally mild and humid, with a mean annual temperature of 21° C (70° F) and average rainfall of 147 cm (48 in). The resident civilian population in mid-2002 was 63,960 of which about 58% was black and 36% white (mainly of English or Portuguese descent), and 6% other.

Almost all of the 450 km (281 mi...