Sandy's Parish

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Sandy's Parish
Sandys Parish (Bermuda)
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Coordinates 32 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  N , 64 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 32 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  N , 64 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  W
Basic data
Country Bermuda
ISO 3166-2 BM
surface 5.8 km²
Residents 6983 (2016)
density 1,197.8  Ew. / km²
Others
Time zone : AST ( UTC − 4 )Template: Infobox location / maintenance / comment
Location of Sandys Parish within Bermuda

Sandys Parish refers to a 5.8 km² large administrative area of Bermuda with 6983 inhabitants (2016).

Parish, which is comparable to a district in German-speaking countries, is located in the northwest of the Bermuda chain of islands . The administrative district mainly includes the islands of Ireland Island North , Ireland Island South , Boaz Island and Somerset Island as well as small parts in the southwest of the main island of Grand Bermuda . Sandys Parish borders Southampton Parish to the south .

The administrative area is named after the English aristocrat and statesman Sir Edwin Sandys (1561–1629), a son of the same name Edwin Sandys , Archbishop of York.

Web links

  • Keith Archibald Forbes: Bermuda's Sandys Parish. In: Bermuda and her Atlantic Islands. Bermuda Online (BOL ).;

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 30, 2019]).
  2. ↑ 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 30, 2019]).