Nicholls Town is a town located in
North Andros
North Andros is one of the 31 districts of the Bahamas. It is also the largest district (in area) in the country. It has some of the largest settlements on Andros Island
Andros Island is an archipelago within the Bahamas, the largest of the Ba ...
, part of
Andros
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island in
the Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...
. The town features a sweeping beachfront.
It is named for
Edward Nicolls
Sir Edward Nicolls ( – 5 February 1865) was an Anglo-Irish officer of the Royal Marines. Known as "Fighting Nicolls", he had a distinguished military career. According to his obituary in ''The Times'', he was "in no fewer than 107&nb ...
, an Anglo-Irish military leader in the
Caribbean
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in the early 19th century. He was an active
abolitionist
Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people.
The British ...
and because of him many former slaves were able to escape from the U.S. The founders of Nicholls Town were ex-slave refugees from the United States.
The Andros Island Beach Resort is located in Nicolls Town. The town is the centre for diving and snorkelling in North Andros.
It has a population of 645 (2010 Census).
NORTH ANDROS POPULATION BY SETTLEMENT AND TOTAL NUMBER OF OCCUPIED DWELLINGS: 2010 CENSUS
- Bahamas Department of Statistics The village is served by San Andros Airport
San Andros Airport is an airport near Nicholls Town on Andros Island in The Bahamas.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with a bitumen surface measuring .
The airport ha ...
.
See also
* Districts of the Bahamas
Local government in the Bahamas exists in two forms, namely second-schedule and third-schedule district councils. There are a total of 32 local government districts: 13 second-schedule districts, which are further sub-divided into town areas, an ...
* Islands of the Bahamas
The following is an alphabetical list of the islands and cays of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
A
*Abaco Island
* Abner Cay
*Abraham's Bay
*Acklins Island
*Adderley Cay
* Alcorine Cay
* Alder Cay
*Allan Cays
* Allans Cay
* Ambergris Cay(s ...
* List of cities in the Bahamas
This is a list of cities in the Bahamas.
List
The following table lists the city or town name, the geographic coordinates, the population at the 1990 census, an estimate of the population in 2009, and the island name.
See also
* Districts ...
References
External links
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Populated places in the Bahamas
Andros, Bahamas
Fugitive American slaves
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