Saint George Parish, Antigua And Barbuda
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Saint George is a
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
of
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...
, located on the island of
Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Bar ...
. It had a population of 7,976 in 2011.


Populated places

The parish contains the city of
Piggotts Piggotts, also known as St Mark's Village, is a small township in Saint George Parish on Antigua island in Antigua and Barbuda. It had a population of 1,478 in 2001. It is located in the north of the island, to the east of the capital city of S ...
. * Barnes Hill *
Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...
* Coolidge * Fitches Creek * Gunthorpes * Hodges Bay * Marble Hill * New Winthorpes *
Osbourn Osbourn is a settlement in Antigua and Barbuda, home to V.C. Bird International Airport. Economy Osbourn contains the largest airport in Antigua and Barbuda, V. C. Bird International Airport. The head office of LIAT is located in Osb ...
*
Paradise View In religion, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both, often compared to the miseries of human civilization: in paradi ...
*
Paynters Saint George, officially the Parish of Saint George, is a parish of Antigua and Barbuda on the island of Antigua. Saint George borders Saint Peter to the southeast, and Saint John to the west and south. Saint George is mostly farmland and savann ...
* Sea View Farm


Features

V.C. Bird International Airport is in Saint George Parish. The
Stanford Cricket Ground The Coolidge Cricket Ground is a Cricket field, cricket ground in Osbourn, Saint George Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint George Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, Antigua. It was previously known as the Airport Cricket Ground, before it was taken ov ...
is also located in the parish.


Demographics


Antigua and Barbuda 2011 Housing and Population Census


Individual


Household

There are 2,932 households in Saint George Parish.


Borders

International Borders * None Domestic Borders * Saint John - ''South and West'' *
Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
- ''North'' *
Saint Peter Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
- ''East''


Places of Interest

*
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is a stadium in North Sound, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda. It was built for use in the 2007 Cricket World Cup where it hosted Super 8 matches. The stadium usually caters for 10,000 people, but temporary seating doubl ...
*
Coolidge Cricket Ground The Coolidge Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Osbourn, Saint George Parish, Antigua. It was previously known as the Airport Cricket Ground, before it was taken over by American businessman and cricket enthusiast Allen Stanford, rebuilt ...
* Dutchman Bay


References

Antigua (island) Parishes of Antigua and Barbuda {{Antigua-geo-stub