Saint Mark is one of
Dominica's ten administrative
parishes (Dominica is in the
Lesser Antilles
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).
It is bordered by
St. Luke (to the north) and
St. Patrick (to the east). With an area of 9.9 km² (2 mi²),
[Figures provided by the Lands and Surveys Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Cork Street, Roseau, Dominica.] it is the smallest in the island. It had a population of 1,834 people at the Population Census of 2011.
The main settlements in the parish are
Soufrière and
Scotts Head (near which the only
tombolo
A tombolo is a sandy or shingle isthmus. A tombolo, from the Italian ', meaning 'pillow' or 'cushion', and sometimes translated incorrectly as ''ayre'' (an ayre is a shingle beach of any kind), is a deposition landform by which an island becom ...
in the West Indies can be found). Another village in the parish is
Galion
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The Crawford County portion of Galion is ...
.
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Parishes of Dominica
Tombolos
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