Saint John Parish, Dominica
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Saint John is one of
Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...
's 10 administrative
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. It is bordered by
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to the east, and St. Peter and the Espagnole River to the south. It has an area of 59 km2 (22.78 mi2).Figures provided by the Lands and Surveys Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Cork Street, Roseau, Dominica. 6,561 people live in the parish, half of which (2,977) live in the main settlement,
Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...
(Dominica's second largest town, also called Grand Anse by locals).Commonwealth of Dominica, ''Population and Housing Census—2001''. Roseau, Dominica: Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, 2001. Glanvilla and
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serve as the town's
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s. Other settlements include: * Bornes * Capucin * Clifton *
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* Toucari * Tanetane The highest peak is Morne aux Diables, with a height of 861 m (2827 ft).


Education

Portsmouth Secondary School, the island's first rural secondary school, opened in St. John in the 1960s.


Notable names

Via Portsmouth, the parish is the birthplace of local historian
Lennox Honychurch Lennox Honychurch ( ; born 27 December 1952) is a Dominican historian and politician. He wrote 1975's '' The Dominica Story: A History of the Island'', the 1980s textbook series ''The Caribbean People'', and the 1991 travel book ''Dominica: Isle o ...
, and former
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Rosie Douglas.


Transportation

St. John shares some of Dominica's best roads with adjacent St. Andrew. In addition, the island's northernmost road, connecting Tanetane with Penville, was opened in 2004. Prince Rupert Bay, near Portsmouth, has been an often-used stop-over for
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s and
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s.


Tourism

The best known tourist attractions in St. John's are the Indian River and the Cabrits National Park, which consists of the Cabrits
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and Fort Shirley. Benjamin's Park is the primary sporting venue and has hosted
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.


References

Parishes of Dominica {{Dominica-geo-stub