Location

Six hundred and fifty miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; 750 miles from New York City; 3,460 miles from London, and 1,060 miles from Miami, positioned at 32.17 degrees latitude, 65 degrees longitude. Contrary to popular belief, Bermuda is not in the Caribbean, but is actually 940 miles from Nassau, Bahamas.

Size

Twenty-one square miles (23 miles long, maximum width is 1.75 miles). Seen from the air, Bermuda resembles a fishhook. Bermuda consists of 181 named islands and islets, most of which are named.

Capital

City of Hamilton, capital of Bermuda since 1815. The first capital was the Town of St. George, which has been named a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Population

Approximately 64,500. (Consists of 61 percent black descent and 39 percent white). Most Bermudians (64 percent) have been settled in Bermuda for several generations. Other ancestral groups include British (16 percent), West Indian (11 percent) and Portuguese (9 percent).

Language

English

Government

Bermuda is the oldest British Colony and has the second oldest Parliamentary Democracy (after England) in the world. Bermuda's legal and legislative bodies are fashioned after Great Britain's; the custom of wearing wigs and gowns for official occasions is still practiced.

Climate

Climate Bermuda has a year-round mild semitropical climate with temperatures ranging from 68 to 84 degrees. Relative humidity 71 to 84 percent. Average annual rainfall is 57.6 inches. Summer water temperatures reach 85 degrees Fahrenheit.