Marigot (Dominica)

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Marigot
Marigot (Dominica)
Marigot
Marigot
Coordinates 15 ° 32 ′  N , 61 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 32 ′  N , 61 ° 17 ′  W
Basic data
Country Dominica

Parish

Saint Andrew
ISO 3166-2 DM-02

Marigot ( French swamp ) is the largest place in the Parish Saint Andrew in northeast Dominica . In 2001 the village had 2676 inhabitants.

geography

The place is located on a promontory ( Pointe Augustine ) on the northeast coast between the towns of Wesley and Dominica . The Dr Nicholas Liverpool Highway connects the places. To the north is Londonderry Bay . The village is nestled between the bays of Mango Hole Bay in the northeast with its foothills of Marigot Bay , Middle Bay and Panto Hole Bay , as well as Pagua Bay in the south near Atkinson . There is a library and the Marigot Hospital . The fishing port "Marigot Port and Fisheries Complex" is located on Marigot Bay , and directly north of it is the main airport on the island, Douglas-Charles Airport (Melville Hall Airport until 2014). To the south of the village, the Morne Concorde rises to 681 m above sea level .

Coryphaena hippurus at the fishing port of Marigot.

Waters

Numerous streams run from the island's interior to the sea, including: Melville Hall River (Kachibona River) with its tributary Kanal River , Crébiche (Mantipo) River , New Castle Gutter , Geoffrey Gutter and Marechal River .

religion

There is the Marigot Methodist Church , the Marigot SDA Church , and the prayer house of the Marigot Congregation of Jehova's Witnesses .

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Commonwealth of Dominica: Population and Housing Census 2001: Roseau, Dominica, Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning.