11 Facts About Saint Kitts

1. St Saint Kitts is home to UMHS, one of the leading Caribbean medical schools, but there is much more to the island than school, from a colorful history and warm-hearted locals to fun leisure activities.

2. St Saint Kitts was known throughout the world as a sugar-cane island and is still commonly known today as Sugar City.

3. St Saint Kitts allows foreigners to obtain the status of St Kitts citizen by means of a government sponsored investment programme called Citizenship-by-Investment.

4. In 2009 there were 587,479 arrivals to Saint Kitts compared to 379,473 in 2007.

5. St Saint Kitts is dependent upon tourism to drive its economy.

6. At the turn of the eighteenth century, St Saint Kitts was the richest British Crown Colony per capita in the Caribbean, a result of the sugar trade.

7. St Saint Kitts provides facilities for cargo jets, private jets and various other types of aircraft.

8. St Saint Kitts was known throughout the world as a sugar-cane island and is still commonly known today as Sugar City, but this wasn't the first crop to be cultivated for export.

9. St Saint Kitts is dependent on tourism to drive its economy.

10. St Saint Kitts was originally settled by pre-agricultural, pre-ceramic "Archaic people", who migrated south down the archipelago from Florida.

11. St Saint Kitts has three distinct groups of volcanic peaks: the North West or Mount Misery Range; the Middle or Verchilds Range and the South East or Olivees Range.