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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, |
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] |
Canefield Airport
Canefield Airport is an airport on the west coast of the Caribbean Island country, island nation of Dominica. It is north of Roseau, the capital. It is one of only two airports in the island nation of Dominica, the other being Douglas–Charles Airport. History Plans for an airport at Canefield were first discussed in the mid-1970s. Construction began in early 1979 with British funding, shortly after Dominica's independence. The airport was officially opened in 1981, and was preferred over Douglas–Charles Airport, Melville Hall (a two-hour drive from the national capital of Roseau at the time). Crosswinds, "occasional landing difficulties", and the facility's small size plagued its operation from the onset despite being closer to Roseau. Runways and taxiways It has one runway 01/19, which measures . Runway 01 has a 500-foot displaced threshold. There is mountainous terrain to the east, and rising terrain north and south, with the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean sea to the west. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colgate-Palmolive
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Dominica Colgate-Palmolive
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 the island. Dominica's closest neighbours are two constituent territories of the European Union, both overseas departments of France: Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast. Dominica comprises a land area of , and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census. The island was settled by the Arawak arriving from South America in the fifth century. The Kalinago displaced the Arawak by the 15th century. Christopher Columbus is said to have passed the island on Sunday, 3 November 1493. It was later colonised by Europeans, predominantly by the French from the 1690s to 1763. The French trafficked slaves from West Africa to Dominica to work on coffee plantations. Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast Estate
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel. It is the second-largest city in Ireland (after Dublin), with an estimated population of in , and a metropolitan area population of 671,559. First chartered as an English settlement in 1613, the town's early growth was driven by an influx of Scottish Presbyterians. Their descendants' disaffection with Ireland's Anglican establishment contributed to the rebellion of 1798, and to the union with Great Britain in 1800—later regarded as a key to the town's industrial transformation. When granted city status in 1888, Belfast was the world's largest centre of linen manufacture, and by the 1900s her shipyards were building up to a quarter of total United Kingdom tonnage. Sectarian tensions existed with the Irish Catholic population that was drawn by mill and factory employment fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield Estate
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Massacre, Dominica
Massacre is a town in Saint Paul Parish, Dominica, with about 1,200 inhabitants. It is located on the central west coast of the island, to the north of the capital, Roseau, on the Massacre River. Naming The town was named by the French after a massacre A massacre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless. It is generally used to describe a targeted killing of civilians Glossary of French words and expressions in English#En masse, en masse by an armed ... of Caribs carried out by the English that occurred in the area in 1674. The massacre occurred in a settlement that was established by Thomas “Carib” Warner, the Kittitian-born son of the English colonizer Sir Thomas Warner and a Kalinago woman from Dominica. Warner was murdered by his own English half-brother, Phillip Warner. Following his murder, the people of the village he established were massacred. That village is now the present site of the village of Massacre. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canefield
Canefield is a town located on the west coast of Dominica, north of Roseau and south of Massacre, overlookinPringle Bay The largest settlement in St. Paul Parish, it has a population of 2,803.Commonwealth of Dominica, ''Population and Housing Census — 2001''. Roseau, Dominica: Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, 2001. It is home to an industrial estate with Harris Paints Dominica Ltd., a branch of the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Old Mill Cultural Center and Museum as well as the island's second airport. Neighboring locales include Cochrane, Checkhall, Massacre and Fond Colé. History Canefield is situated in the area of the former Canefield Estate. The Cane Field estate was owned by Walter Pringle, a merchant of Saint Kitts in the 1700s until his last known association in 1768. Walter Pringle’s son, Vice Admiral Thomas Pringle sold the estate in 1773 to joint owners Samuel Duer, Henrietta Duer, and George Rose, a Scottish politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahaut, Dominica
Mahaut is a village on the west coast of Dominica. It has a population of 2,399, which makes it the second largest commune in the parish of Saint PaulCommonwealth of Dominica, ''Population and Housing Census — 2001''. Roseau, Dominica: Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, 2001. and was home to Dominica Colgate-Palmolive (formerly Dominica Coconut Products) until the factory was closed in 2015 after Tropical Storm Erika. Mahaut is the home village of Olympic gold medalist Thea LaFond Thea Noeliva LaFond (born April 5, 1994) is a Dominican-American track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. At the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump, 2024 Summer Olympics, she won gold in the triple jump .... References External links * Populated places in Dominica Saint Paul Parish, Dominica {{dominica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint George Parish, Dominica
Saint George is one of Dominica's 10 administrative Parishes of Dominica, parishes. It is bordered by Saint Paul Parish, Dominica, Saint Paul and part of the Boeri River (to the north), Saint David Parish, Dominica, Saint David and Saint Patrick Parish, Dominica, Saint Patrick (to the east), Saint Luke Parish, Dominica, Saint Luke (to the south). The parish has an area of 56.1 km² (21.67 mi²),Figures provided by the Lands and Surveys Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Cork Street, Roseau, Dominica. and has a population of 20,211.Commonwealth of Dominica, ''Population and Housing Census – 2001''. Roseau, Dominica: Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, 2001. Roseau The capital city of Dominica, Roseau, Dominica, Roseau, is in this parish, as well as its suburbs: *Bath Estate *Elmshall *Kings Hill, Dominica, Kings Hill *Copthall *Newtown, Dominica, Newtown (once Charlotteville) *Castle Comfort *Goodwill, Dominica, Goodwill * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
