Old Road

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Old Road
Old Road (Antigua and Barbuda)
Old Road
Old Road
Coordinates 17 ° 1 ′  N , 61 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 1 ′  N , 61 ° 50 ′  W
Basic data
Country Antigua and Barbuda
island Antigua

Parish

St. Mary
Enumeration District 80800 OldRoad-North, 80900 OldRoad-ClareMont, 81000 OldRoad-Central, 81100 OldRoad-MorrisBay, 81201 OldRoad-West 1, 81202 OldRoad-West 2
Residents 1093 (2001)

Old Road is a place in Saint Mary's Parish on the island of Antigua , in the state of Antigua and Barbuda .

Location and landscape

Old Road Village is located on the south coast of the island and is the main town of the southwest. It is separated from the rest of the island by the Shekerley Mountains. Mount Obama (ex Boggy Peak, 402  m ), the highest mountain in Antigua, stands above the place .

The place has around 1100 inhabitants. Old Road is divided into Old Road-West towards Cades Bay , Old Road-Central , Old Road-North at the foot of the mountain, Old Road-Morris Bay on Morris Bay and Grace Bay and OldRoad- Claremont on Carlisle Bay and in the northeast .

Neighboring locations or locations:
Urlings Neighboring communities Claremont

Economy and Infrastructure

With the inland the place is connected by the Fig Tree Drive over the district Claremont through the Shekerleys to Swetes , along the coast a road leads to Bolands on the west coast. After Falmouth in the East is no road to the coast. In the west of the city the road leads to Mount Obama.

The place has an elementary school and a church.

Old Road is a tourist resort. The luxury hotel Carlisle Bay is located in Claremont , and the Curtain Bluff Hotel between Morris and Grace Bay

literature

  • Alwyn Nicholas: Old Road Village , published February 4, 2013

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Enumeration Districts 80800–81202 (Old Road-West: 1 and 2); According to the National Statistics Office: Census 2001 , Volume I Summary Social, Economic, Demographic, and Housing Characteristics , St. John's, July 2004, Table 8 Population by Enumeration District and Sex , 8. St. Mary's . P. 32 ( pdf , there p. 43 - longer loading time).
  2. Weblink , thebookpatch.com;
    Book provides insight into the history of Old Road Village , antiguaobserver.com, March 1, 2013, accessed February 14, 2014 - book review