Saint Mark 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 ten administrative

parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

(Dominica is in the

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, forming part of the West Indies in Caribbean, Caribbean region of the Americas. They are distinguished from the larger islands of the Greater Antilles to the west. They form an arc w ...

). It is bordered by St. Luke (to the north) and St. Patrick (to the east). With an area of 9.9 km² (3.8 mi²),Figures provided by the Lands and Surveys Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Cork Street, Roseau, Dominica. it is the second 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. It is a deposition landform by which an island becomes attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land such as a spit or bar. Once attached, the island is then known as a tied island. The word ''t ...

in the West Indies can be found). Another village in the parish is

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* Parishes of Dominica Tombolos {{Dominica-geo-stub