Saint George | |
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 Map of Barbados showing the Saint George parish | |
| Coordinates: 13°08′N 59°32′W / 13.133°N 59.533°W | |
| Country | Barbados |
| Largest city | The Glebe |
| Government | |
| • Type | Parliamentary democracy |
| • Parliamentary seats | 2 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44 km2 (17 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Total | 19,767 |
| • Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | BB-03[1] |
The landlocked parish of Saint George ("St. George") is located in the interior of Barbados. It is one of two land-locked parishes, the other being Saint Thomas to the north. A prominent landmark in the parish is Gun Hill Signal Station – one of the few remaining signal stations, dating back to 1818.
Saint George borders six of the eleven other parishes, more than any other parish.
Geography
Populated places
The parish contains the following towns, villages, localities, settlements, communities and hamlets:
- Airy Hill
- Applewhaites
- Applewhaites Tenantry
- Ashbury
- Astoria
- Bairds
- Bairds Village
- Belair
- Boarded Hall
- Bournes Village
- Brighton
- Bulkeley
- Bulkeley Close
- Buttals
- Buttals Plantation
- Byde Mill
- Campaign Castle
- Carmichael
- Carmichael Heights
- Carmichael Road
- Charles Rowe Bridge
- Church View
- Constant
- Constant Heights
- Constant Main Road
- Constant New Road
- Constant Plantation
- Constant Road
- Constant Terrace
- Cottage
- Dash Valley
- Drax Hall
- Drax Hall Crescent
- Drax Hall Gardens
- Drax Hall Greens
- Drax Hall Heights
- Drax Hall Hope
- Drax Hall Jump
- Drax Hall Terrace
- Drax Hall Woods
- Eastlyn
- Eastlyn Hill
- Ellerton
- Ellerton Crescent
- Ellerton Gardens
- Ellerton Heights
- Ellerton Terrace
- Ellesmere
- Fair View
- Flat Rock
- Foster Hall
- Francia
- Francia Plantation
- Free Hill
- Frenches
- Golden Ridge
- Good Intent
- Groves
- Groves Corner
- Gun Hill
- Hanson
- Hanson Heights
- Hanson Hill
- Hilbury
- Jordans
- Locust Hall
- Locust Hall Heights
- Lower Brighton
- Lower Burney
- Market Hill
- Mayfield
- Melverton
- Moonshine Hall
- Mount
- Mount Hill
- Newbury
- Old Post Office Road
- Paradise Village
- Parish Land
- Prerogative
- Prospect
- Retreat Wood
- Roach Village
- Rock Hall
- Rowans
- Rowans Hill
- Saint Helens
- Saint Judes
- Saint Judes Village
- Salisbury
- Salters
- South District
- Stepney Village
- Superlative
- Sweet Vale
- Taitt Hill
- The Glebe
- The Valley
- Thorpes Cottage
- Todds
- Todds Village
- Turnpike
- Uplands Factory
- Upper Brighton
- Walkers
- Walkers Heights
- Walkers Terrace
- Watts Village
- Waverley Cot
- Workmans
- Workmans Terrace
Parishes bordering Saint George
- Christ Church – South
- Saint John – Northeast
- Saint Joseph – North
- Saint Michael – West
- Saint Philip – East
- Saint Thomas – Northwest
References
- ↑ iso:code:3166:BB, International Organization for Standardization
External links
Media related to Saint George, Barbados at Wikimedia Commons
Saint George travel guide from Wikivoyage
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