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St. Vincent & Grenadines Flag, Capital and Country Facts

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is located in the southern part of the Lesser Antilles. The state connects the larger volcanic island of St. Vincent with a chain of smaller islands. Its flag shows three green diamonds on golden yellow. They form a V and are thus at the same time graphic symbol and reference to the name Vincent.

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St. Vincent & Grenadines at a glance

Capital: Kingstown
Quiz continent: North America
Languages in reference record: English; also English-based Vincentian Creole
Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
Population: 99,924 (2025, World Bank)
Area: 389 km²
Coastal setting: Not landlocked
ISO codes: VC / VCT
Internet country suffix: .vc

Main Island: Saint Vincent
Highest mountain: La Soufrière, 1,234 m
Well-known Grenadines Island: Bequia
Another island: Mustique
Independence: 27 October 1979
Flag forms: Three green diamonds in a V-arrangement

St. Vincent & Grenadines Flag: Design, Meaning and History

Three vertical color fields show blue on the left, golden yellow in the wider middle and green on the right. The golden area is twice as wide as any outer band. There are three green diamonds in it: two further up, one below. Together they form a V. A coat of arms, a star or a writing are not part of this motif.

Blue is associated with sea and sky, yellow with sand and green with vegetation. The diamonds refer in the traditional declaration to the islands as gemstones of the Antilles. This pictorial interpretation is not an indication of actual diamond occurrences. For the determination of the flag, the V-arrangement of the three geometric shapes is especially important.

Capital: Kingstown

Kingstown is located on the southwest coast of St. Vincent. The capital city forms a political and economic focus of the main island. Port and coastal location are important for connections to the smaller islands. The name of the country mentions two geographical components, but the capital is not on a small Grenadines island, but on the larger northern main island.

The urban coastal center lies in a different landscape than the high northern part of St. Vincent. There, the volcano La Soufrière characterizes the island. This comparison helps to understand the unequal distribution of settlement spaces. An island can include on a small map area at the same time a harbour space, wooded slopes and an active volcanic area.

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St. Vincent & Grenadines: Geography, History and Culture

The Grenadines run south of St. Vincent towards Grenada. Not the entire geographical island chain belongs to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; its southern part belongs to the state of Grenada. The names are therefore easily confused. The archipelago and the state border describe different spatial units that do not completely coincide.

English is the official language, while an English-based Creole is common in everyday life. The history of the country includes indigenous population, European colonial rule, enslavement and resistance. The state became independent of Britain in 1979. Such historical contexts explain today's language and state designations without reducing the people of the different islands to a single cultural way of life.

The UNESCO country profile lists rock art, the Grenadines Island Group and La Soufrière National Park as proposed sites. None of these proposals is therefore automatically already a World Heritage Site. However, the three themes show the range of possible heritage: archaeological evidence, marine and island landscapes as well as volcanic nature. Especially for a small state, this view beyond the capital is worthwhile.