Saint Kitts

Air Express

P.O. BOX 1290

2 Central Street

Basseterre , St.Kitts WI

Tel: (869) 466-9696

Fax (869) 466-3066

NEVIS

Air Express Inc

Key Complex Main Street

Charlestown , Nevis

Tel: (869) 469 9696

Fax: (869) 466 3066

Email: Nevis@getezone.com

Saint Kitts and Nevis, officially known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country in the West Indies. Located in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles, it is the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere, in both area and population. The country is a Commonwealth realm, with Elizabeth II as queen and head of state.

The capital city is Basseterre on the larger island of Saint Kitts. The smaller island of Nevis lies approximately 3 km (2 mi) to the southeast across a shallow channel called The Narrows.

The British dependency of Anguilla was historically also a part of this union, which was then known collectively as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. However, it chose to secede from the union and remains a British overseas territory. To the north-northwest lie the islands of Saint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint-Martin/Saint Maarten and Anguilla. To the east and northeast are Antigua and Barbuda, and to the southeast is the small uninhabited island of Redonda (part of Antigua and Barbuda) and the island of Montserrat.

Saint Kitts and Nevis were among the first islands in the Caribbean to be colonized by Europeans. Saint Kitts was home to the first British and French colonies in the Caribbean, and thus has also been titled "The Mother Colony of the West Indies".