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| St. Croix is located 1100 miles southeast of Miami and 1650 miles southeast of New York City or approximately 90 miles south of Puerto Rico, surrounded totally by the Caribbean Sea. The island is 84 square miles in size occupying approximately two-thirds of the total land mass of the U.S. Virgin Islands, measuring 23 miles long and 6 miles across at its widest point. This location blesses the island with near perfect weather averaging 72°- 82°F year round with constant cooling trade winds, sparkling blue green seas, and white sandy beaches. | |
| The first tourist to arrive in St. Croix was Christopher Columbus in 1493. Columbus claimed the island for Spain and named it Santa Cruz, which was later changed to St. Croix by the French. The flags of seven nations have flown on St. Croix over the years before 1917 when the United States acquired the islands in a strategic move to protect the Panama Canal. Because the island's past is shared with Spain, Holland, England, France, the Knights of Malta, and Denmark, St. Croix's rich legacy is still evident in the architecture of the buildings and the culture of its residents. | |
| St.
Croix combines all the best of the Virgin Islands. It is more laid
back than neighboring St. Thomas, and a few paces faster that St. John,
it's two sister islands. As a U.S. territory, St. Croix offers
U.S. investors many advantages -- U.S. laws and jurisdictions, the same
currency, English as the prime language, no restrictions on U.S.
ownership, and the security of a stable, democratic government.
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