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Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman
Capital: George Town, in southwest Grand Cayman
Grand Cayman – Western Caribbean, about 150 miles south of Cuba, 480 miles southwest of Miami, 180 miles northwest of Jamaica
Cayman Brac – 89 miles northeast of Grand Cayman
Little Cayman – 5 miles west of Cayman Brac
Total Area: 101sq miles
Grand Cayman – area: 76sq miles; length: 22 miles; average width: 4 miles; highest point: about 60ft above sea level
Cayman Brac – area: 15sq miles; length: 12 miles; average width: 1.5 miles; highest point: The Bluff – 140ft above sea level
Little Cayman – area: 10sq miles; length: 10 miles; average width: just over 1 mile; highest point: 40ft above sea level
64,958 of which 37,887 are Caymanians (2020)
Life Expectancy: 82.3 years (2017)
Unemployment Rate: 7.1%*
Total Work Permits: 25,514
Imports: CI$1,183.3 million
Bank & Trust Licences: 646
Mutual Fund Registrations: 10,8857
New Company Registrations: 12,822
Visitor Air Arrivals: 2019: 502, 739; 2020 (Jan & Feb): 93,558*
Cruise Ship Arrivals: 2019: 1,831,011; 2020 (Jan & Feb): 448,435*
Financial Services, Construction, Healthcare and Tourism (prior to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom (i.e. British dependency)
Over 130 different nationalities are represented in Cayman including Caymanian, Jamaican, British, American, Canadian, Filipino and South American. There are also a lot of Australians and Kiwis, South Africans and French.
The 2020 edition of the Explore Cayman magazine is a 172 page full colour magazine
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