FLAGS Over BERMUDA
FLAGS over BERMUDA by Michel R. LUPANT 1. Introduction Bermuda is a group of low-lying islands in the Atlantic Ocean, located off the east coast of the United States, near the western edge of the Sargasso Sea, roughly 580 nautical miles (1070 km, 670 mi) of Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The territory consists of 181 islands, with a total area of 53.2 square kilometres (20.6 sq mi). The largest island is Main Island, sometimes itself called Bermuda. Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory with a population is 64,268 regard the 2010 census. There are 54% Black and 31% European. The Government is a parliamentary democracy. Its capital city is Hamilton. Bermuda is divided into nine parishes and there are two incorporated municipalities: the City of Hamilton and the Town of St George. Bermuda's economy is primarily made up of offshore insurance and reinsurance and tourism. Offshore finance and tourism are its two largest economic sectors It has a subtropical climate. Bermuda makes up the eastern- and northernmost point of the so- called Bermuda Triangle, a region of sea in which, according to urban legend, a number of aircraft and surface vessels have disappeared under supposedly unexplained or mysterious circumstances. The island is prone to severe weather, including powerful hurricanes as hurricane Bertha in July 2008 2. History1 Bermuda was discovered in 1505 by Spanish sea captain Juan de Bermúdez, after whom the islands are named. He claimed the islands for the Spanish Empire. 1 Wikipedia encyclopaedia 1 In 1609, a flotilla of ships left England under the Virginia Company's Admiral, Sir George Somers, and the new Governor of Jamestown (Virginia), Sir Thomas Gates, to relieve the colony of Jamestown, settled two years before.
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