Swetes is located in
Saint Paul Parish 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 ...
, in
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 ...
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Geography
It is the sixth largest town in Antigua and Barbuda.
Swetes is located in central Antigua, to the north of
Liberta on the road to the town of
Old Road and the southwest coast.
Demographics
Swetes has five enumeration districts, As of 2011, it has a population of 1,720.
Enumeration Districts
* ''70300 Swetes-NorthWest''
* ''70400 Swetes-North''
* ''70500 Swetes-Central''
* ''70600 Swetes-SouthWest''
* ''70700 Swetes-East''
Census Data (2011)
People
Swetes is the birthplace of
George Alexander McGuire, Patriarch of the
African Orthodox Church
The African Orthodox Church (AOC), registered as the Holy African Orthodox Church, is an Episcopalian, primarily African-American denomination which was founded in the United States in 1918 by the joint collaboration of its first Patriarch George ...
. It is also the birthplace of Antiguan and West Indian cricketers Ridley Jacobs and Sir
Curtly Ambrose
Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN (born 21 September 1963) is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, he took 405 Test wickets at ...
.
References
Populated places in Antigua and Barbuda
Saint Paul Parish, Antigua and Barbuda
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