Wp/aig/Antiga
Antiga a wan i'lan' inna de West Indies, Leeward Islands inna de Caribbean region, de main i'lan' of de country ah Antiga an' Barbuda. Dem also call it Wadadli, weh mean 'bout "our own." De i'lan' go 'roun' 'bout 87 kilometers (54 miles) an' cover 281 km² (108 square miles). 'Bout 69,000 people did live deh 'bout July 2006.[1] It de biggest ah de Leeward Islands, an' dem got a busy economy weh base 'pon tourism, internet gambling, an' education, including two medical schools.
Indigenous people dem like de Ciboney, Taíno, an' Kalinago been dey live 'pon an' 'roun' de i'lan' for a long time. But inna 1493, Christopher Columbus become de fuss European weh visit, an' him rename it Antiga aftah Mary, de mother of Jesus. De British come inna 1632 an' colonize de i'lan'. Dem bring slaves from Africa weh ha' tuh wuk in de sugar cane fields. Dem legally free de slaves inna 1834.[2]
De i'lan' stop bein' part ah Britain inna 1981. Now it ah independent country wit Barbuda.