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Anguilla

Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory, in Caribbean. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Prism, for 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

Anguilla’s stamp in Globestamp
Prism · 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Prismplaced by estimate
Area
88 km² (34 sq mi)
Population
15,000Natural Earth estimate
Districts
15in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
1with scheduled flights

Does Anguilla count as a country?

It depends on the list. Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Anguilla”.

ListCounts Anguilla?
UN member states (193)No
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as Anguilla
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

Anguilla belongs to the United Kingdom, but travelers usually count it on its own, because it has its own entry rules, its own flag or its own place on the map. Other places in the same family: Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey and Isle of Man.

The Anguilla stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Anguilla’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for Anguilla, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to Anguilla

The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Anguilla when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. With a single airport with scheduled flights (Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport, AXA), photos only at the airport make a transit stamp, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Airports

Anguilla has 1 airport with scheduled flights. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).

15 districts to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Anguilla into 15 districts (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 15

AIA+99? · Blowing Point · East End · George Hill · Island Harbour · North Hill · North Side · Sandy Ground · Sandy Hill Bay · South Hill · Stoney Ground · The Farrington · The Quarter · The Valley · West End

Questions people ask

Is Anguilla a country?

It depends on the list. Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Anguilla”.

How many tourists visit Anguilla?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Anguilla. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Prism: 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a Anguilla stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Anguilla count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Anguilla”, one of its 330 destinations.

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