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Bermuda

General information

Common name	Bermuda
Name	Bermuda
Motto	"Quo Fata Ferunt" (Latin) "Whither the Fates Carry [Us]"
Anthem	"God Save the Queen" (official) "Hail to Bermuda" (unofficial)
Capital	Hamilton
Largest city	municipality
Official languages	English¹
Other language	Portuguese¹
Ethnic groups	54.8% African-Caribbean 34.1% European 6.4% Multiracial 4.3% Other 0.4% Unspecified
Demonym	Bermudian
Government
Government	British overseas territories
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Governor	Sir Richard Gozney
Premier	Paula Cox
Geography
Total Area	20.6 sq mi (53.4 km2) (221st)
Water %	26%
Demography
Population Est.	67,837 (199th)
Population census	62059 (2000)
Density (pop.)	1271.1/km² (8th) (3293/sq mi)
Economy
GDP PPP	$5.85 billion (2007) (149th)
GDP (PPP) per capita	$91,477 (1st)
Other information
HDI	n/a (2003) (n/a) (n/a)
Currency	Bermudian dollar² (BMD)
Time zone	Atlantic (UTC-4)
Internet TLD	.bm
Calling code	+1-441

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Bermuda ( ; officially, the Bermudas or Somers Islands) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about 1030 km (640 mi) to the west-northwest. It is about 1373 km (853.1 mi) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and 1770 km (1099.8 mi) northeast of Miami, Florida. Its capital city is Hamilton.

Bermuda was discovered in 1505 by Spanish navigator Juan de Bermudez, after whom the islands are named, who claimed it for the Spanish Empire. Unoccupied, the island was settled by England in 1609, making it the oldest and most populous remaining British overseas territory. Its first capital, St George's, was established in 1612 and is the oldest continuously inhabited English town in the Americas.

Bermuda has an affluent economy, with finance as its largest sector followed by tourism, giving it the world's highest GDP per capita in 2005. It has a subtropical climate.

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