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The company is a part of Sandals Resorts International (SRI), which also operates Beaches Resorts, Fowl Cay Resort, and several private villas. Founded by Jamaican-born entrepreneur Gordon "Butch" Stewart in 1981, SRI is based in Montego Bay , Jamaica and is responsible for development, service standards, training, and day-to-day operations of ...
Antigua and Barbuda cuisine refers to the cuisines of the Caribbean islands Antigua and Barbuda. The national dish is fungee (pronounced "foon-jee") and pepperpot. [1] Fungee is a dish similar to Italian polenta, made mostly with cornmeal. [1] Other local dishes include ducana, seasoned rice, saltfish and lobster (from Barbuda).
The island of Antigua currently has two foreign-owned for-profit offshore medical schools, the American University of Antigua (AUA), [39] founded in 2004, and The University of Health Sciences Antigua (UHSA), [40] founded in 1982. The island's medical schools cater mostly to foreign students but contribute to the local economy and health care.
The most populous cities in Antigua and Barbuda are mostly on Antigua, being Saint John's, All Saints, Piggotts, and Liberta. [36] The most populous city on Barbuda is Codrington . It is estimated that 25% of the population lives in an urban area, which is much lower than the international average of 55%.
St. John's (Antiguan and Barbudan Creole: Sen Jan) [1] is the largest city of Antigua and Barbuda. 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.
The Antigua Sugar Factory, Ltd. predicted that Golden Grove and Clare Hall (#13b) would yield 2,518 tons of sugar from 2,567 tons of cane delivered at a price of 19.26 cents per ton; 120 acres; and 26 acres with peasants in 1941.
The largest island of Antigua, is 21 km (about a dozen miles) across and 281 km 2 (about a hundred square miles) in area. [1] Barbuda covers 161 km 2 (62 sq mi) while Redonda encompasses 2.6 km 2 (1.0 sq mi). [1] The capital of Antigua and Barbuda is St. John's, located at St. John's Harbour on the northwest coast of Antigua. [1]
Map of Antigua and Barbuda. There are three airports operating in Antigua and Barbuda, a nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Antigua and Barbuda consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands (including Great Bird, Green, Guinea, Long, Maiden and York Islands).