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Basseterre
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Basseterre, town (1990 est. pop. 15,500), capital of St. Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis or Saint Kitts–Nevis , officially Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, island nation (2005 est. pop. 39,000), 120 sq mi (311 sq km), West Indies, in the Leeward Islands.
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, on St. Kitts island, West Indies. It is one of the chief commercial depots of the Leeward Islands Leeward Islands , northern group of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, extending SE from Puerto Rico to the Windward Islands. The principal islands are the American Virgin Islands; the French island and overseas dept.
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. Sugar refining is the leading industry. Basseterre was founded by the French in 1627.

Basseterre

Seaport (pop., 1994 est.: 12,605), Saint Kitts Island. Chief town of Saint Kitts and capital of the federated state of Saint Kitts and Nevis, it lies on the southwestern coast, west of St. John's, Antigua. Founded in 1627, it serves as a depot distributing merchandise to neighbouring islands.


Basseterre
a port in the Caribbean, on St Kitts in the Leeward Islands: the capital of St Kitts-Nevis. Pop.: 13 220 (2001)


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