Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
There are seven parish/dependency capitals in Antigua and Barbuda. One of these, St. John's, serves as the national seat of government. Each parish capital contains the parish church, while the capital of Barbuda contains the administrative offices of the Barbuda Council.
Saint Philip Parish, Antigua and Barbuda (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Parishes of Antigua and Barbuda" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
In 1632, a group of English colonists left St Kitts to settle on Antigua. Christopher Codrington, an Englishman, established the first permanent English settlement on the island. [16] Antigua rapidly developed as a profitable sugar colony. For a large portion of Antigua's history, the island was considered Britain's "Gateway to the Caribbean".
It is located in the western part of Antigua, surrounding St. John's Harbour. The city is Antigua and Barbuda's primate city, having a population of 22,219. [2] St. John's also tends to dominate the parish of Saint John, which composes much of the city's metropolitan area.
Saint John is surrounded by some of Antigua's most premier beaches. Saint John had a population of 56,736 in a 2018 estimate, making it home to the majority of the population in Antigua and Barbuda. [4] While Saint John is a civil administrative division, the Anglican parish church is located in the city of St. John
Saint Peter (Antiguan and Barbudan Creole: Sen Peetah), officially the Parish of Saint Peter, is a parish of Antigua and Barbuda on the island of Antigua. Saint Peter borders Saint Paul to the south, Saint Philip to the east, and Saint George and Saint John to the west. Saint Peter is dominated by farmland, savanna, and undeveloped fields, and ...
Saint Paul (Antiguan and Barbudan Creole: Sen Paul), officially the Parish of Saint Paul, is a parish of Antigua and Barbuda on the island of Antigua. It had an estimated population of 9,004 in 2018. [3] The parish capital, and the location of the parish church, is Falmouth. The main economic and tourism hub of the parish is English Harbour.
The parish is mostly part of Antigua's limestone region. [24] The northern region has a very right drought risk and the southern region has a low drought risk. [25] All of the coastline is part of the Northeast Marine Management Area. [26] The parish has some marine sand coverage, [27] many coral reef communities, [28] and many mangrove ...