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ST. KITTS & NEVIS
CARIBBEAN-CENTRAL AMERICA PROFILE 2018
Ministry of Health EDUCATION CONTACTS
Government Headquarters, A Primary school education is compulsory and St. Kitts-Nevis Chamber of Industry and
Church Street, P.O. Box 186 caters to children from age 5-12 years. Secondary Commerce
Basseterre, St. Kitts education is also compulsory and lasts five years. P.O. Box 332, Horsford Road,
Tel: (869) 467-1108 It is divided into two areas, lower secondary Fortlands
Fax: (869) 466-8574 (Forms 1-3) and upper secondary (Forms 4 and Basseterre, St. Kitts
International Trade, Industry and 5). Tertiary level education is offered by the Tel: (869) 465-2980
Fax: (869) 465-4490
Commerce Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC). E-mail: sknchamber@caribsurf.com
Government Headquarter The CFBC offers two-year programs leading
Church Street, P.O. Box 186 to certificates, diplomas and associate degrees. St. Kitts-Nevis Hotel Association
Basseterre There are various divisions of the college, Liverpool Row, P.O. Box 438,
St. Kitts namely: arts and general studies, teacher Basseterre, St. Kitts
Tel: (869) 467-1203 Tel: (869) 465-5304
Fax: (869) 465-1778 education, health sciences, technical and Fax: (869) 465-7746
vocational education and management studies,
Ministry of Justice, Legal Affairs and which include the Hospitality Training Centre. St. Kitts-Nevis Manufacturers’ Association
P.O. Box 392,
Communications Basseterre, St. Kitts
Government Headquarters, INFRASTRUCTURE Tel: (869) 465-6626
Church Street, P.O. Box 186 TRANSPORTATION
Basseterre, St. Kitts LAND
Tel: (869) 467-1013 Railways: Total: 50 km narrow gauge: 50 km IN NEVIS
Nevis Tourism Authority
Fax: (869) 465-5040 0.762-m gauge on Saint Kitts to serve sugarcane P.O. Box 184, Main Street
Email: attorneygeneral@gov.kn plantations during harvest season. The track Charlestown, Nevis
also facilitates a scenic railway tour consisting
Ministry of National Security of 30-mile train ride which circles the island in Tel: (869) 469-7550
Royal St. Christopher & Nevis Police Force approximately 4 hours. Fax: (869) 469-7551
Cayon Street Basseterre Email: info@nevisisland.com
St. Kitts Highways: Total: 320 km., paved: 136 km, The Nevis Industrial Development Unit
Tel: (869) 467-1532 unpaved: 184 km Treasury Building, Main Street,
Fax: (869) 466-1896 SEA Charlestown, Nevis,
Ministry of Nevis Affairs, Labour, Social Sea Ports: Port Zante in Basseterre, St. Kitts, Tel: (869) 469-5485
Security and Ecclesiastical Affairs, is designed with a deep harbor to accommodate St. Kitts Tourism Authority
Government Headquarters, cruise ships, luxury yachts and pleasure sailing P.O. Box 132 , Pelican Mall
Church Street, P.O. Box 186 vessels with a maximum draught of up to 30 Basseterre, St. Kitts
Basseterre, St. Kitts feet. The port is characterised by a 400-foot Tel: ( 869) 465-4040
Tel: (869) 467-1086 sheet pile marginal wharf, a roll-on-roll-off Fax: (869) 465-8794
Fax: (869) 465-5040 facility, transit sheds, high mast light, a moving IN CANADA
buoy to facilitate berthing vessels between 400
Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Posts, and 750 feet long, and a 75-boat marina. Work High Commission for the Eastern Caribbean
Urban Development and Transport has also been completed on a port facility at States
Government Headquarters, Long Point (Nevis) to handle cargo and provide 112 Kent Street, Suite 1610,
Church Street, Basseterre berthing for mini-cruise ships. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIP 5P1
Tel: (613) 236-8952
St. Kitts Fax: (613) 436-3402
Tel: (869) 466-7032 AIR
Fax: (869) 465-0604 Airports: two with paved runways: The Robert IN THE U.K.
Ministry of Sustainable Development Llewelyn Bradshaw International Airport in OECS High Commission
Government Headquarter St. Kitts, two miles from Basseterre, and the 10 Kensington Court,
Church Street, P.O. Box 186 Vance Amory International Airport in Nevis London, W85DL, England
Basseterre, St. Kitts (approximately six miles from Charlestown). Tel.: (44) 71-937-5514
Tel: (869) 467-1256
Fax: (869) 466-7398 TELECOMMUNICATION IN THE U.S.
Permanent Mission of St. Kitts and Nevis to
Cable & Wireless (St. Kitts-Nevis) Ltd is a
Ministry of Tourism joint venture between Cable & Wireless and the United Nations
Port Zante, Building #3-4 the St. Kitts-Nevis Government. Cable & 414 East 75th Street, 5th Floor,
Basseterre, St. Kitts Wireless (St. Kitts-Nevis) Ltd provides all New York N.Y. 10021
Tel: (869) 467-1390 domestic and international telecommunication Tel: (212) 535-1234
Fax: (212) 535-6854
Fax: (869) 465-7075 services to the islands, with digitalisation
Email: info@stkittstourism.kn Embassy of St. Kitts and Nevis
using fibre optic cables. In St. Kitts & Nevis, OECS Building
Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture the liberalisation process is still in its infancy, 3216 New Mexico Ave., N.W.
3rd Floor Government Headquarters but the Government is determined to remove 3rd Floor,
Church Street , Basseterre all remaining impediments to the development Washington, D.C. 20016
St. Kitts of a free, competitive and well-regulated Tel: (202) 686-2636
Tel: (869) 467-1431 telecommunications industry. Fax: (202) 686-5740
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