OFFICIAL NAME: Cayman Islands
CAPITAL: George Town
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LANGUAGE: English
CURRENCY: Eastern Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries, and were administered by Jamaica after 1863. In 1959, the islands became a territory within the Federation of the West Indies, but when the Federation dissolved in 1962, the Cayman Islands chose to remain a British dependency.