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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Montserrat

• Time Zone: GMT/UTC -4
• Electricity: 230V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
• Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar (EC$)
• Country Dialing Code: 664

Montserrat

Location
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico

Capital
Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat)

Population
9,341 note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2005 est.)

Regions
3 parishes; Saint Anthony, Saint Georges, Saint Peter

Climate
tropical; little daily or seasonal temperature variation

Ethnic groups
black, white

Religions
Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations

Languages
English

Government type
NA

Background
Much of this island was devastated and two-thirds of the population fled abroad because of the eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano that began on 18 July 1995. Montserrat has endured volcanic activity since, with the last eruption occurring in July 2003.

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