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sveta [45]
4 years ago
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15 facts about Grand Cayman

Social Studies
1 answer:
Svetradugi [14.3K]4 years ago
4 0

Composition:
Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman

Location:
Grand Cayman 
– Western Caribbean, about 150 miles south of Cuba, 480 miles southwest of Miami, 180 miles northwest of Jamaica

Cayman Brac – 89 miles northeast of Grand Cayman

Little Cayman – 5 miles west of Cayman Brac

 Capital: George Town, in southwest Grand Cayman

 Size: 101sq miles (total area)

Grand Cayman – area: 76sq miles; length: 22 miles; average width: 4 miles; highest point: about 60ft above sea level

Cayman Brac – area: 15sq miles; length: 12 miles; average width: 1.5 miles; highest point: The Bluff – 140ft above sea level

Little Cayman – area: 10sq miles; length: 10 miles; average width: just over 1 mile; highest point: 40ft above sea level

 Population: About 61, 361 of which approximately 34,113 are Caymanian. (2016)

 National Income (2016):

GDP per capita: CI$47,864

Total GDP: CI$2,691.6 million

 

Other Statistics (2016):

Life Expectancy: 82.3 years

Unemployment Rate: 4.2%

Total Work Permits: 23,298 (excludes govt. foreign workers)

Imports: KYD$854.20 million

Bank & Trust Licences: 159

Captive Insurance Licences: 711

Mutual Fund Registrations: 10,586

Total Company Registrations: 92,248

Visitor Air Arrivals: 385,000

Cruise Ship Arrivals: 1,711,800

 Main Industries:

Tourism, Financial Services and Construction

 Political Status:

Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom (i.e. British dependency)

Nationalities:

Over 120 different nationalities are represented in Cayman. The majority of the population is Caymanian, Jamaican, British, American, Canadian, Filipino and South American. There are also a lot of Australians and Kiwis, South Africans and French.


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