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About St. Thomas
Last updated: August 7, 2007
Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea, a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie. As of the 2000 census, the population of Saint Thomas was 51,181 , about 47 percent of the U.S. Virgin Islands total. The district has a land area of 80.9 km² (31.24 sq mi).
History of Saint Thomas of the US Virgin Islands
The island was originally settled around 1500 B.C. by the Ciboney people. They were later replaced by the Arawaks and then the Caribs. Christopher Columbus sighted the island in 1493 on his second voyage to the “New World”. The Caribs seem not to have survived the first decades of contact with Europeans, either due to disease or deportation and extermination. Pirates likely made use of the island as an occasional base over the next 150 years. more…
Interactive Map of Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands
