Parishes and Dependencies
LocationAntigua and Barbuda
Number6 parishes, 2 dependencies
Populations1,634 (Barbuda) - 51,737 (Saint John Parish)
Areas24.41 sq.km (Saint George Parish) - 160.58 sq.km (Barbuda)
Government
  • Vestry (created in 1692, inactive), Parish councils (proposed during the 2023 Antiguan general election)
Subdivisions

Antigua and Barbuda is an island nation made up of: Antigua island which is divided into six parishes; and of the two dependencies of Barbuda island and Redonda island.

Although Barbuda and Redonda are called dependencies, they are integral parts of the state, making them essentially administrative divisions. Dependency is simply their title. Redonda was annexed into Saint John and unlike Barbuda, is not an autonomous island, instead, it is a first-level administrative division subordinate to Saint John.[1][2]

History

Antigua's first-level administrative divisions were based on Divisions, which were later joined together to form the island's five parishes. Prior to the creation of parishes, Divisions served as the basis for Antigua's administrative divisions. Despite the fact that divisions have never been eliminated, major divisions have now taken over the role of becoming Antigua's second-level administrative divisions.[1][3]

On January 11, 1692, the five founding parishes of Antigua and Barbuda—Saint John, Saint Mary, Saint Paul, and Saint Philip and Saint Peter—were formally organized into what are now known as the Parishes of Antigua and Barbuda. In 1725, Saint Peter was divided into the Saint Peter as it is known today and Saint George.[3]

The office of "justice" served as the top government official in parishes in the past; but, this role is no longer held in any parishes.[3] Each parish also had a vestry.[3]

List

No. Parish or
Dependency		 Capital Largest city Area
(km2)		 Population
(Census 2011)		 Population density (per km2in 2011)
Map of the parishes of Antigua
01 Saint George Fitches Creek Piggotts 24.41 8,055 330
02 Saint John St. John's St. John's 66.96 51,737 772.7
03 Saint Mary Old Road Bolans 63.55 7,341 115.5
04 Saint Paul Falmouth Liberta 45.27 8,128 179.5
05 Saint Peter Parham All Saints 32.37 5,325 164.5
06 Saint Philip St. Philip's Willikies 40.67 3,347 82.3
07 Barbuda Codrington Codrington 160.58 1,634 10.2
08 Redonda N/A N/A 1.50 0 0
  Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 435.31 85,567 196.6

See also

References

  1. 1 2 http://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cap-373.pdf
  2. ↑ http://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cap-44.pdf
  3. 1 2 3 4 The Laws of the Island of Antigua: Consisting of the Acts of the Leeward Islands, Commencing 8. Novem. 1690 Ending 21. April 1798, and the Acts of Antigua Commencing 10. April 1668, Ending 7. May 1804 : with Prefixed to Each Volume, Analytical Tables of the Titles of the Acts, and at the End of the Whole, a Copious Digested Index. Bagster. 1805.
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