Saunt Kitts an Nevis

The Federation o Saunt Kitts an Nevis () locatit in the Leeward Islands, is a federal twa-island naition in the Wast Indies. It is the smawest sovereign state in the Americas, in baith area an population.

The caipital ceety an heidquarters o govrenment for the federatit state is Basseterre on the lairger island o Saint Kitts. The smawer state o Nevis ligs aboot 2 mile (3 km) sootheast o Saint Kitts, athort a shallae channel cried "The Narraes".

Historically, the Breetish dependency o Anguilla wis a pairt o this union an aw, whilk thegither wis cired Saunt Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. Saunt Kitts an Nevis are geographically pairt o the Leeward Islands. Tae the north-northwast lig the islands o Sint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten an Anguilla. Tae the east an northeast are Antigua an Barbuda, an tae the sootheast is the smaw uninhabitit island of Redonda, an the island of Montserrat, whilk nou haes an active volcano (see Soufrière Hills).

Saunt Kitts an Nevis wur amang the first islands in the Caribbean tae be settled bi Europeans. Saunt Kitts wis hame tae the first Inglis an French colonies in the Caribbean, an sicweys haes an aw been cried "The Mither Colony o the Wast Indies".

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