Situated along the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea, the US Virgin Islands comprises 50 cays and isles, both inhabited and uninhabited. Three of these include the biggest and most populated — St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix. Discovered by Christopher Columbus in the mid-1400’s, it was bought by Danish royalty in 1733 and was subsequently sold to the US Government in 1917, making it an American territory observing US-governed laws. Many of its indigenous residents come from African or West Indian ancestry. But a few European, Middle Eastern, North American and Asian people also currently reside in the islands. The official language of this territory is English, but a big percentage of the population speaks Spanish.
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