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 About Us > Facts & Figures Cayman Islands, Close to home, far from expected |
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 Capital: George Town Land Area: Three Islands, 102 sq. miles total (664 sq. km) Estimated Population: 53,400 Geographical Location: The Cayman Islands comprises Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. The three islands are situated in the western Caribbean, about 150 miles south of Cuba, 480 miles south of Miami, Florida, and 180 miles northwest of Jamaica. George Town, the capital, is on the western shore of Grand Cayman. Geographically, the Cayman Islands is part of the Cayman Ridge, which extends westward from Cuba. The Cayman Trench, the deepest part of the Caribbean at a depth of over four miles, separates the three small islands from Jamaica. Climate: The temperature, summer or winter, seldom goes lower than 70 deg. F. or higher than 90 deg. F. The average is 78 deg. F. in the winter and about 84 deg. F in the summer. The average annual humidity in 2000 was 77 percent. Rainfall varies over the Islands and seasonally, but in George Town, the capital on Grand Cayman, the average monthly figure for 2000 was 4.7 inches. Between May and October the prevailing winds are from east to south; from November to April, the coolest season of the year, prevailing winds are from the northeast to northwest. The hurricane season typically lasts from June to November, the last major hurricane, named Ivan, hit the Cayman Islands in September 2004 and although the category 5 hurricane caused severe and widespread damage to the island, the recovery process has been ongoing and re-development since the storm has been extremely successful. Language: English Flag: The flag of the Cayman Islands was adopted in 1959. Prior to that the Islands had used the British flag for all official occasions. Set on a navy blue field the flag features the red, white and blue British Union Jack in its upper left-hand corner, and the Cayman Coat of Arms encircled in a pure white ground in the right-hand centre of the field. The Maritime Flag features a red field. National Holidays: 2008
Currency: Cayman Island Dollar Exchange Rate: CI$ 1.00 = US$ 1.20 Website: www.eso.ky  Key Economic Sectors: The main industries are financial services, tourism, and real estate sales and development. Service industries, such as construction, jewelry manufacture, hotel and restaurant operations, retail trades, and scuba diving and boat rentals are ancillary to the main industries. The Cayman Islands Government has never depended on the British Government for its recurrent budget, and all aid for capital projects has ceased for over 18 years. For further information please see below links;
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