Massacre (Dominica)
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| Coordinates | 15 ° 21 ′ N , 61 ° 24 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Dominica | ||
| Saint Paul | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | DM-10 | ||
| height | 16 m | ||
| Residents | 1200 | ||
Massacre is a town on the Caribbean island republic of Dominica and has about 1200 inhabitants.
Massacre is located on the west coast of Dominica in the district ( Parish ) St. Paul , approx. 6 km north of the capital Roseau , on the Massacre River of the same name .
The village was named in memory of a massacre ( English massacre ) of British troops to the Caribbean - Indians , in which in 1674 nearly 100 indigenous people were massacred. Today a mural on a house wall in the village reminds of this event.
