Smith's Parish
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Coordinates | 32 ° 18 '55 " N , 64 ° 44' 6" W | |
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Country | Bermuda | |
ISO 3166-2 | BM | |
surface | 4.9 km² | |
Residents | 5984 (2016) | |
density | 1,216.3 Ew. / km² | |
Post Code | FL 01 – FL 08, HS 01 – HS 02 |
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Time zone : | AST ( UTC − 4 ) |
Smith's Parish is a 4.9 km² administrative area of Bermuda with 5984 inhabitants (2016).
The Parish, comparable to a district in German-speaking countries, is located in the northeast of the main Bermuda island of Grand Bermuda on the south bank of Harrington Sound . The area is slightly hilly; Town Hill, the highest point in Bermuda at 76 meters, is located here. The Spittal Pond, one of the few lakes in Bermuda, is located near the southern Atlantic coast .
Smith's Parish is bordered by Devonshire Parish to the west and Hamilton Parish to the east . The administrative area is named after the English aristocrat Sir Thomas Smith (1558-1625).
Web links
- Keith Archibald Forbes: Bermuda's Smith's Parish. In: Bermuda and her Atlantic Islands. Bermuda Online (BOL ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Melinda Williams (Ed.): 2016 Population and Housing Census Report . Government of Bermuda - Department of Statistics, Hamilton, Bermuda May 2, 2018, Population, p. 24 , Table 3: Population by parish and municipality, 2016 and 2010 (English, gov.bm [PDF; 4.4 MB ; accessed on August 29, 2019]).
- ↑ Melinda Williams (Ed.): 2016 Population and Housing Census Report . Government of Bermuda - Department of Statistics, Hamilton, Bermuda May 2, 2018, Population, p. 25 , Table 4: Population density by parish and municipality, 2016 and 2010 (English, gov.bm [PDF; 4.4 MB ; accessed on August 29, 2019]).