St. Kitts & Nevis
Original Official Site of the
St. Kitts & Nevis
Department of Tourism
The peaceful calm
of St. Kitts and Nevis--that tranquil atmosphere which in Nevis
especially edges toward slumber--suggests
nothing of the extraordinary histories of these two islands.
For centuries, St. Kitts and Nevis occupied a critical position
in the European struggle for the West Indies, combining exceptional
wealth as sugar colonies with a vital strategic position as gateways
to the Caribbean. As a result, the struggles and conflicts that
marked their history are among the most decisive episodes in
Caribbean history.
Both St. Kitts and Nevis are volcanic islands, a fact to which
they owe their dramatic central mountains, their rather unpredictable
geologic history, and their lush tropical vegetation. In fact,
St. Kitts' pre-Columbian Carib inhabitants knew their island
as Liamuiga, or "fertile land," a reference
to the island's rich and productive volcanic soil. Today that
name graces St. Kitts' central peak, a 3,792-foot extinct volcano.
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