About Anguilla

Location

Capital: The Valley into

Located north of the Leeward Islands, surrounding islands include Scrub, Seal, Dog, and Sombrero Islands and Prickly Pear Cays.

Traveling to Anguilla ?

There are two main ways to get to Anguilla:

1.) Fly to St. Maarten and ferry over (more of the scenic route)

2.) Direct flight into AXA (Anguilla Wallblake Airport)

People & History

Population: 15,054

Anguilla's population is a mix that includes native Caribbean people from northern South America, and the caucasians that came from British descent. The majority of the population today is of African descent. 

Anguilla was colonized by British settlers in 1650 and has been a British territory since then. Rumor has is that Christopher Columbus named the Country after the French word anguilla which means eel in Italian because from a distance it resembled an eel.

Culture

The official language of Anguilla is English and Creole, which comes from a mixture of English and African languages. Anguillians, which is the name given to natives, are of mixed backgrounds including: West African, Irish, English, or Welsh heritage. With such various backgrounds the people identify with both Great Britain and the West Indies nationality.