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Saint Peter Saint Andrew Saint James Saint Thomas Saint Joseph Saint John Saint George Saint Michael Christ Church Saint Philip BARBADOS |
The nation's capital Bridgetown, which is located within the parish of Saint Michael, may one day be made into its own district. Within the country, travel is unrestricted to everyone in moving about from parish-to-parish. With the rise of urban sprawl and new construction projects across the country many neighbourhoods and even parishional border-lines today are ill defined.
The eleven parishes are:
| Nr. | Parish (short name) | Official (long name) | Former Capitals | Land Area (km²) |
Population (Census 2000) |
Density km−2 |
Historic vestry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christ Church | The Parish of Christ Church | Oistins | 57 | 49,498 | 868.4 | |
| 2 | St. Andrew | The Parish of Saint Andrew | Greenland | 36 | 5,254 | 145.9 | |
| 3 | St. George | The Parish of Saint George | Bulkeley | 44 | 17,868 | 406.1 | |
| 4 | St. James | The Parish of Saint James | Holetown | 31 | 22,742 | 733.6 | |
| 5 | St. John | The Parish of Saint John | Four Roads | 34 | 8,873 | 261.0 | |
| 6 | St. Joseph | The Parish of Saint Joseph | Bathsheba | 26 | 6,805 | 261.7 | |
| 7 | St. Lucy | The Parish of Saint Lucy | Crab Hill | 36 | 9,328 | 259.1 | |
| 8 | St. Michael | The Parish of Saint Michael | Bridgetown | 39 | 83,684 | 2,145.7 | |
| 9 | St. Peter | The Parish of Saint Peter | Speightstown | 34 | 10,699 | 314.7 | |
| 10 | St. Philip | The Parish of Saint Philip | Crane | 60 | 20,540 | 342.3 | |
| 11 | St. Thomas | The Parish of Saint Thomas | Hillaby | 34 | 11,590 | 340.9 | |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | 431 | 250,012 | 580,1 | ♦ |
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