Basseterre Valley

	Basseterre Valley The Basseterre Valley is a low-lying valley on the island of Saint Kitts, surrounded by the Canada Hills and Olivees Mountain. It contains Basseterre, the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The valley has two rivers or ghauts named Westbourne Ghaut and College Ghaut. The Basseterre Valley was occupied in 1627 by the French and populated. Now, Basseterre has suburbs such as Greenlands, Bird Rock, Taylor's Range and others. The valley has a harbour called Port Zante. It is reclaimed land from the sea. Port Zante is under more construction to be a state-of-the-art port facility, duty-free shopping A duty-free shop (or store) is a retail outlet whose goods are exempt from the payment of certain local or national taxes and duties, on the requirement that the goods sold will be sold to travelers who will take them out of the country, who ... malls, restaurants, and maybe a hotel. References Landforms of Saint Kitts and Nevis {{SaintKittsNevis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Saint Kitts Saint Kitts, officially the Saint Christopher Island, is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis constitute one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Kitts and Nevis are separated by a shallow channel known as "The Narrows". Saint Kitts became home to the first Caribbean British and French colonies in the mid-1620s. Along with the island of Nevis, Saint Kitts was a member of the British West Indies until gaining independence on 19 September 1983. The island is one of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles. It is situated about southeast of Miami, Florida, US. The land area of Saint Kitts is about , being approximately long and on average about across. Saint Kitts has a population of about 40,000, the majority of whom are of African descent. The primary language is English, with a literacy rate of approximately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Canada Hills Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Olivees Mountain Olivees Mountain is the third highest peak on the island of Saint Kitts in the Caribbean. Geography It is located within the nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in the Lesser Antilles. ;Elevation The summit of Olivees Mountain is in elevation. It is some 250 metres lower than Mount Liamuiga Mount Liamuiga is a stratovolcano which forms the western part of the island of Saint Kitts. The peak is the highest point on the island of Saint Kitts, in the federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and in the entire British Leeward Islands, as w ..., which lies six kilometres to the northwest, and is lower than Verchild's Mountain, 4.3 kilometers to the northwest, both on Saint Kitts island. See also * Mountains of Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts (island) {{SaintKittsNevis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Basseterre Basseterre (; Saint Kitts Creole: ''Basterre'') is the capital and largest city of Saint Kitts and Nevis with an estimated population of 14,000 in 2018. Geographically, the Basseterre port is located at , on the south western coast of Saint Kitts Island, and it is one of the chief commercial depots of the Leeward Islands. The city lies within Saint George Basseterre Parish. Basseterre is one of the oldest towns in the Eastern Caribbean. History Basseterre was founded in 1627 by the French, under Sieur Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc. It served as the capital of the French colony of Saint-Christophe, which consisted of the northern and southern extremities of the island of St. Kitts (the centre was yielded to Britain). When Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy was made the French governor of St. Kitts in 1639, the town turned into a large, successful port, commanding Eastern Caribbean trade and colonisation. De Poincy then quickly made Basseterre capital of the entire French West Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Saint Kitts And Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles. With 261 square kilometers of territory, and roughly 50,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere, in both List of countries and dependencies by area, area and List of countries and dependencies by population, population, as well as the world's smallest sovereign federation. The country is a Commonwealth realm, with Charles, King of the United Kingdom, Charles III as Monarchy of Saint Kitts and Nevis, King and head of state. It is the only sovereign federation in the Caribbean. The capital city is Basseterre, located on the larger island of Saint Kitts. Basseterre is also the main port for passenger entry (via cruise ships) and cargo. The smaller island of Nevis lies approximately t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Westbourne Ghaut Westbourne may refer to: Places Westbourne, Dorset, part of Bournemouth, England Westbourne, London, an area west of Paddington in west London, England * Westbourne, Manitoba, Canada * Westbourne (Richmond, Virginia), a historic home located in Richmond, Virginia, United States Westbourne, Suffolk, part of Ipswich, England Westbourne, Tennessee, United States Westbourne, West Sussex, England * Westbourne (Chichester) (UK electoral ward) River Westbourne, in London, England Schools Westbourne House School, near Chichester in West Sussex, England * Westbourne School, Penarth, a school in Penarth, Wales * Westbourne School, an independent school in Sheffield, England * Westbourne Grammar School, a co-educational school in Melbourne, Australia Surname * Britt Westbourne, fictional character See also * Westburn (other) Westburn may refer to: * Westburn, South Lanarkshire, Scotland * Westburn Grant (1985-2020), Australian race horse * Westburn Park, Aberdeen, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	College Ghaut A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a University system, constituent part of one. A college may be a academic degree, degree-awarding Tertiary education, tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate university, collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, or a secondary school. In most of the world, a college may be a high school or secondary school, a college of further education, a training institution that awards trade qualifications, a higher-education provider that does not have university status (often without its own degree-awarding powers), or a constituent part of a university. In the United States, a college may offer undergraduate education, undergraduate programs – either as an independent institution or as the undergraduate program of a university – or it may be a residential college of a university or a Community colleges in the United States, community college, referring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]