Digraph: BL Type: republic multiparty presidential regime since March 1963 Capital: Damascus Administrative divisions: 23 administrative districts; Anse aux Pins, Anse Boileau, Anse Etoile, Anse Louis, Anse Royale, Baie Lazare, Baie Sainte Anne, Beau Vallon, Bel Air, Bel Ombre, Cascade, Glacis, Grand' Anse (on Praslin Island), La Digue, La Riviere Anglaise, Mont Buxton, Mont Fleuri, Plaisance, Pointe Larue, Port Glaud, Saint Louis, Takamaka Independence: 29 October (1923) Political parties and leaders: Liberal Party 32%, New Democratic Party, Egidijus KLUMBYS, chairman; Democratic Labor Movement, Vernon HASSELL; Saba Unity Party, Carmen SIMMONDS Sint Eustatius: Democratic Party of Ecuador/Marxist-Leninist (PCMLE, Maoist),
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