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Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. Montserrat or Monserrat may also refer to: People * Montserrat (given name) * Montserrat (surname) Places Americas * Monserrat, Buenos Aires, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina * Montserrat, a region of Trinidad and Tobago * Montserrat, Dominican Republic, a municipal district in Baoruco Province * Montserrat Township, Johnson County, Missouri, township, United States * Montserrat, Missouri, an unincorporated community, United States Spain * Montserrat (mountain), a mountain in Catalonia, Spain ** Monistrol de Montserrat, municipality including the monastery and most of the mountain ** Montserrat (department), the Napoleonic department from 1812 to 1813, during the Peninsular War ** Olesa de Montserrat, municipality next to the mountain of Montserrat ** Santa Cecília de Montserrat, a former Benedictine abbey in Marganell (Bages) **Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey, home of: ***Virgin of Montserrat, a "black Madon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montserrat
Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with roughly of coastline. It is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish diaspora, Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants. Montserrat is the only non-fully sovereign full member of the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. On 18 July 1995, the previously dormant Soufrière Hills volcano, in the southern part of the island, became active. Eruptions destroyed Montserrat's Georgian era capital city of Plymouth, Montserrat, Plymouth. Between 1995 and 2000, two-thirds of the island's population was forced to flee, primarily to the United Kingdom, leaving fewer than 1,200 people on the island in 1997 (rising to nearly 5,000 by 2016). The volcanic ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |