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Saint Joseph Parish, Dominica
Saint Joseph is one of Dominica's 10 administrative parishes. It is bordered by St. Peter to the north, St. Andrew to the northeast, St. David to the east, and St. Paul to the south. It has an area of 120.1 km2 (46.37 mi2), and a population of 5,765. Saint Joseph Village is the largest settlement in the parish; it was used as a filming location for 1988's '' The Seventh Sign''. Most villages are located on the coast (Salisbury Salisbury ( , ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers River Avon, Hampshire, Avon, River Nadder, Nadder and River Bourne, Wi ... (also called Baroui), Coulibistrie, Mero and Morne Raquette), but another small village, Belles, is located in the interior. The parish is also home to the Layou River, the longest river on the island. References External links * Parishes of Dominica {{Dominica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parish (Dominica)
Dominica is divided into ten parish (administrative division), parishes. The largest parish by population in Dominica is Saint George Parish, Dominica, Saint George which contains the capital city Roseau and has a total population of 21,241. The smallest parish by population is Saint Peter Parish, Dominica, Saint Peter with 1,430 residents. The largest parish by land area is Saint Andrew Parish, Dominica, Saint Andrew which spans , while Saint Luke Parish, Dominica, Saint Luke is the smallest at . Parishes See also *ISO 3166-2:DM *List of Caribbean First-level Subdivisions by Total Area *Commonwealth Local Government Forum, Commonwealth Local Government Forum-Americas References Parishes of Dominica, Subdivisions of Dominica Lists of administrative divisions, Dominica, Parishes Administrative divisions in North America, Dominica 1 First-level administrative divisions by country, Parishes, Dominica Dominica geography-related lists, Parishes {{Dominica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Movie Database
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Layou River
The Layou River is a river in Dominica. It rises in the interior of the country, flowing westward to reach the Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and southwest of the Sargasso Sea. It is bounded by the Greater Antilles to the north from Cuba ... on the country's central western coast, very close to the town of St. Joseph. It is the longest and deepest river in Dominica. With a total length of long. Disaster The river is prone to flooding. Matthieu Dam, which is located near the end of the river, has collapsed multiple times. It started in the year 1997 when landslides, due to heavy rainfall blocked portions of the river. In the year 2011, the river flooded twice, in July and October. This poses a major threat to thLayou village There were no deaths, but it affected 13 dwellings. References External links * Rivers of Dominica {{Dominic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belles
Belles is a small village in the Caribbean island nation of Dominica. It is located at and is a part of the country's St. Joseph administrative division. Its population is 500.Commonwealth of Dominica, ''Population and Housing Census — 2001''. Roseau, Dominica: Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, 2001. Belles is a historical site for a few reasons. It is a major part of the highway system to the northern part of the island. The roads were blocked many years ago by Rastafarians who were not happy with the government. Many of them escaped to Jaco Flats and used it for refuge. This is a site that was used by the Maroons hundreds of years ago. As of 2016, the Esprit and Benjamin families own and control a majority of the private land. History Name The Creole name for the town is Norway (pronounced as "nor-way". Belles previously named Bassinville got its modern name from Henry Hesketh Bell. This village is located near the center o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morne Raquette
Morne Rachette or Morne Raquette is a village on the west coast of Dominica, in the northwest corner of Saint Joseph Parish. It is located on the slopes of Morne Jalousie, above Coulibistrie to its immediate north and Batalie Bay. The village of Salisbury is south of Morne Rachette. The name "Rachette" derives from the French word for prickly pear cactus, which grows wild there.. The Carib name for the prickly pear, ''bata'', also once named the settlement immediately below Morne Rachette, Batali(e) Estate, and is still reflected in the name of Batalie Bay. Morne Rachette is part of the Salisbury constituency in the Dominica House of Assembly, in which it is represented by Hector John Hector John (born 22 October 1970) is a Dominican politician in the United Workers' Party (UWP). He was the Leader of the Opposition, from 2010 to 2014 and was the youngest ever to hold that position. He was first elected as a Representative ... ( UWP) as of the 2009 general election. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mero, Dominica
Mero is a small town in Saint Joseph Parish, Dominica. It is located in the west of the island, to the north of the mouth of the Layou River. To the north of Mero is Baroui and to the south of Mero is Saint Joseph According to the canonical Gospels, Joseph (; ) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. Joseph is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Eastern O .... Populated places in Dominica Saint Joseph Parish, Dominica {{dominica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coulibistrie
Coulibistrie is a village on the west coast of Dominica, in the northwest corner of Saint Joseph Parish. It is between the villages of Colihaut to the north and Morne Rachette to the south. It extends inland from the coast within a deep valley, along both banks of the Coulibistrie River. The village is primarily residential with few businesses. Many of the houses are built directly atop or adjoining the numerous large boulders that litter the valley along its base.. Coulibistrie is part of the Salisbury constituency in the Dominica House of Assembly, in which it is represented by Hector John ( UWP) as of the 2009 general election. The village is locally governed by the Coulibistrie/Morne Rachette village council.. The Coulibistrie Roman Catholic Church, a historic stone building with stained-glass windows, is located where the main road in Coulibistrie joins the coastal road. The village feast of Saint Anne According to apocrypha, as well as Christianity, Christian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroui
Salisbury is a town on the west coast of the small Caribbean island nation of Dominica. It is located at and is a part of the country's St. Joseph administrative division. Its population is 2,129.Commonwealth of Dominica, ''Population and Housing Census — 2001''. Roseau, Dominica: Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, 2001. The Creole name for the town is Barroui (pronounced as "bah-wee"; also spelled Baroui or Bawi). During English colonization and the increasing Anglicizing of the nation that occurred during the 1900s, Salisbury became an equally accepted name. For the first half of the 20th century, the town was little more than a small village of thatched-roof huts along the shore, with the only significant building being the local Catholic Church (constructed 1929). During the 1950s and 1960s, however, the banana industry began to use the town as a port where bananas could be transferred from feeder roads into the island's interior t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seventh Sign
''The Seventh Sign'' is a 1988 American apocalyptic drama horror film written by Clifford and Ellen Green and directed by Carl Schultz. The film stars Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow and Peter Friedman. The title and plot reference the seven seals described in the Book of Revelation, the final book of the New Testament of the Bible. The film was released on April 1, 1988, by Tri-Star Pictures, received mixed reviews and grossed $18.8 million at the box office domestically. Plot Around the world, unusual phenomena are occurring that bear resemblance to signs of the Biblical apocalypse; these include a mass death of sea life in Haiti and a devastating freeze in the Middle East, and at each of these locations, a mysterious traveler opens a sealed envelope just prior to the event taking place. The Vatican tasks Father Lucci with investigating these events, though Lucci advises that they are all either hoaxes or have scientific explanations. Concurrently to this, Abb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Joseph, Dominica
Saint Joseph is the chief settlement of Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...'s St. Joseph Parish. Its population is 2,029.Commonwealth of Dominica, ''Population and Housing Census — 2001''. Roseau, Dominica: Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, 2001. References External links * Populated places in Dominica Saint Joseph Parish, Dominica {{Dominica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Paul Parish, Dominica
Saint Paul is one of Dominica's 10 administrative parishes. It is bordered by St. Joseph to the north, St. David to the east, and St. George to the south. It has an area of 67.4 km2 (26.02 mi2), and a population of 8,397. at GeoHive. Retrieved July 21, 2006. The largest settlements are Canefield (where the island's second airport is located) and Mahaut, which includes the port of Belfast. Another village in the parish, |
