Anguilla
Capital · The Valley
Sixteen miles of coral and sand, boat racing as the national sport, and a revolution fought for the right to stay British.
Anguilla at a glance
- Capital
- The Valley
- Region
- Eastern Caribbean · British overseas territory
- Currency
- East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
- Languages
- English · Anguillian Creole
- Dialling code
- +1 264
- Status
- Territory or overseas department
The African connection
Too dry for large sugar plantations, Anguilla developed smallholdings and seafaring instead. Its racing boats are built to a local design descended from the sloops Anguillian sailors crewed across the region.
Key dates for Anguilla
The dates this community marks — independence, emancipation, and the festivals that fill a hall wherever its people have settled.
Diaspora meets diaspora
AfricAsia began with Africans in Asia. The same story runs through every entry in this section — people of African descent building a life a long way from where their ancestors started.
If you are from Anguilla and you are anywhere in Asia — studying, working, playing, passing through — there are people here who will know what you are asking before you finish the question.
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