Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Country Name

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Location

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Caribbean. It is situated in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which are located in the West Indies near the southern end of the Caribbean Sea's eastern boundary, where it meets the Atlantic Ocean.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lie to the west of Barbados, south of Saint Lucia, and north of Grenada. The island also shares maritime borders with Barbados, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

Capital

Kingstown.

Reason for Naming the country

The naming of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was pretty straightforward: Columbus landed on St. Vincent on the Feast of Saint Vincent and then named the other islands “the Grenadines” after the Spanish city, Granada.

Flag

The flag of Saint Vincent and the G