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- -The US Virgin Islands are a US territory.
- -No passports required for US Citizens.
- -Smallest of the US Virgin Islands.
- -Size: 7 miles long by 3 miles wide. Approximately 20 square miles.
- -Approximately 2/3 is National Park.
- -Airports: None
- -Traffic lights: None
- -Main Port: Cruz Bay
- -Population: Approx 5000
- -Currency: US Dollar
- -Time Zone: Atlantic Standard Time
- -Emergency number: 911
- -Sales Tax: None
- -Earliest inhabitants to St John date back to about 770 BC.
- -St john was first colonized by the Danish on March 25, 1718.
- -The territory was purchased by the US in 1917 for $25
million.