Antigua and Barbuda is an independent island state in the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It consists of three of the Leeward Islands. Antigua and two smaller islands, Barbuda to the north and Redonda, an uninhabited rocky islet, to the southwest. The climate is tropical, but the islands are subject to drought. The country's economy is largely dependent on tourism. Fishing is important in Barbuda. Saint John's (population, 1986 estimate, 36,000), the capital and principal port, is located on the northwestern coast of Antigua.