Salem is the most populous town in

Montserrat Montserrat ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, wit ...

, a

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in the

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, situated on the western coast of the island, in St Peter Parish. Salem was evacuated on 16 August 1997, after the 1997 eruptions of Soufrière Hills on the island, but was resettled in October 1998.

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record producer

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lived in Olveston House, which is in the town of Salem, and set up the renowned AIR Montserrat studios nearby on Friths Road in 1979. The studio is now in ruins, after it was destroyed by

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in 1989, but Olveston House operates as a

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Education

The Montserrat government operates Salem Daycare and Salem Nursery.Statistical Digest 2014
" Ministry of Education Montserrat. p. 2-3 (PDF p. 7-8/27). Retrieved on November 28, 2017. The island's only pre-16 years of age

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, the government-operated

Montserrat Secondary School The Montserrat Secondary School, often referred to for short as MSS, is the only secondary school which also has students younger than 16, on the island of Montserrat. The school's campus is in Salem on the western coast of the island. Prior to ...

(MSS), is in Salem. Montserrat Community College (MCC) is a post-16 and tertiary educational institution in Salem. In the pre-1997 period it was served by Salem Primary School, and Salem Junior Secondary School.Report of the Technical-Vocational Education and Training Reconnaissance Mission
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. Annex 1 p. 2 (PDF p. 12/14). Retrieved on 27 November 2017.

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Education

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