Aia ʻo Saint Kitts a me Nevis ma ka ʻākau o nā mokupuni ʻo Leeward ma ke kai Caribbean hikina, ma waena o Puerto Rico a me Trinidad a me Tobago, ma ke komohana ʻākau nā mokupuni ʻo Saba a me Saint Eustatius ma nā Netherlands Antilles, a ma ka ʻākau hikina. ʻO ia ka mokupuni ʻo Barbuda, a ʻo Antigua ma ka hikina hema. Uhi ʻia kahi ʻāpana o 267 kilomika kilomika a haku ʻia nā mokupuni e like me Saint Kitts, Nevis, a me Sambrero. Ma waena o lākou, ʻo Saint Kitts he 174 kilomika kilomika a ʻo Nevis he 93 mau kilomika kuea. ʻO ka ʻĀina ʻo Saint Kitts lāua ʻo Nevis, ka inoa piha o ka hui ʻana o Saint Kitts a me Nevis, me kahi ʻāpana ʻāina he 267 kilomika kilomika, aia ia ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o nā mokupuni ʻo Leeward ma ka Kai hikina o Caribbean, kahi a Puerto Rico a me Ma waena o Trinidad a me Tobago, ʻo Saba a me Sint Eustatius ma Netherlands Antilles aia ma ke komohana ʻākau, ʻo Barbuda ma ka ʻākau hikina, a ʻo Antigua ma ka hema hikina. Ua haku ʻia nā mokupuni e like me Saint Kitts, Nevis a me Sambrero. ʻO ka outline o kahi ʻāina e like me ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa baseball a me ka baseball. Uhi ia i kahi o 267 kilomika kilomika, me 174 kilomika kilomika ma St. Kitts a me 93 kilomika kilomika ma Nevis. I 1493, ua hōʻea ʻo Columbus i St. Kitts a kapa akula i ka mokupuni. Ua noho ʻia e ka poʻe Pelekania ma 1623 a lilo i kolone mua ma nā Indies Komohana. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua noho ʻo Palani i kahi ʻāpana o ka mokupuni. Mai ia manawa, e hakakā ana ʻo Pelekane a me Palani no ka mokupuni. I ka makahiki 1783, ua hoʻokau ʻia ka "Kuikahi o Versailles" iā St. Kitts ma lalo o ka poʻe Pelekania. Ua lilo ʻo Nevis i kolone Pelekane ma 1629. Ma 1958 Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla i hui pū me ka West Indies Federation ma ke ʻano he hui politika. I Pepeluali 1967, hui pū ʻia me Anguilla a lilo i mokuʻāina pili i Pelekane, e hoʻokō ana i ke kūʻokoʻa kūloko, a ʻo ke Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa ke kuleana no ka diplomacy a me ka pale kaua. Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Anguilla i ka Uniona. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ke kūʻokoʻa ma ka lā 19 Kepakemapa 1983, a ua kapa ʻia ka ʻāina ʻo Federation of Saint Kitts a me Nevis, he lālā o ka Commonwealth. He helu kanaka ʻo Saint Kitts a me Nevis he 38763 (2003). ʻIke nā ʻeleʻele i ka 94%, a aia he mau keʻokeʻo a me nā lāhui hui. ʻO Pelekane ka mana a me ka ʻōlelo hawaiʻi. Manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina i ka hoʻomana Kalikiano. English ka ʻōlelo kūhelu. ʻO ka ʻoihana kō ke kia nui o ka hoʻokele waiwai aupuni. Hoʻonui ʻia ka mahiʻai e ke kō, a ʻo nā huahana ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka niu, nā hua a me nā mea kanu. Ka lawe ʻia mai ka hapa nui o nā meaʻai. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ka hana hoʻokuʻu mea kūʻai aku a me ka panakō e hoʻomohala, a ua lilo a loaʻa kālā hoʻokipa ʻia i waiwai nui i ka ʻāina. ʻElua mau kahua mokulele ma ka ʻāina, me 50 mau mile o nā alahao a me 320 mau mile o nā alaloa. |