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Antigua,
the largest of the English-speaking Leeward Islands, is about 14
miles long and 11 miles wide, encompassing
108 square miles. Its highest point is Boggy Peak (1319 ft.), located
in the southwestern corner of the island. Barbuda, a flat coral island
with an area of only 68 square miles, lies approximately 30 miles due
north. The nation also includes the tiny (0.6 square mile) uninhabited
island of Redonda, now a nature preserve. The current population for
the nation is approximately 68,000 and its capital is St. John's on
Antigua. Temperatures generally range from the mid-seventies in the winter
to the mid-eighties in the summer. Annual rainfall averages only
45 inches, making it the sunniest of the Eastern Caribbean Islands,
and the northeast trade winds are nearly constant, flagging only
in September. Low humidity year-round.
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