English Harbour | |
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Town | |
Town of English Harbour | |
Coordinates: 17°00′N 61°46′W / 17.000°N 61.767°W | |
Country | Antigua and Barbuda |
Island | Antigua |
Parish | Saint Paul |
Government | |
• Type | Village Council[1] (possibly dissolved)[2] |
• MP | Paul Chet Greene |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 570 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
English Harbour is a natural harbour and settlement on the island of Antigua in the Caribbean, in the extreme south of the island. The settlement takes its name from the nearby harbour in which the Royal Navy established its base of operations for the area during the eighteenth century. Its population is 759 (2001 Census).
English Harbour is a centre of boating, especially yachting. There are two sheltered deepwater harbours nearby; English Harbour itself and Falmouth Harbour.
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company used the harbour as a port of call from 1840 onwards.[4]: 201
After 1815 the dockyard decreased in importance. By the 1850s the eastern yard was being used as a coal store and the western yard was described as being in poor repair.[5] Nevertheless, the yards remained open, finally closing in 1889. Sixty years later, the first moves were made toward preserving what became known as Nelson's Dockyard. Today it flourishes as a yachting centre as well as a historic monument,[6] and is described as 'the only working Georgian dockyard in the world'.[7] Much of the surrounding area is a National Park.[8]
After the land was returned to the Antigua government in 1906, the harbour facilities fell into ruin. Governor Kenneth Blackburne is credited with launching the restoration program in 1951, which raised 40,000 British Pounds. This restoration drive was a consequence of a 1948 study by the Ministry of Works stating that the more important building were worth restoring, enabling the naval dockyard to become an attraction for island visitors in 1961.[4]: 202, 256
In 2018, politicians urged local squatters to take advantage of plans to allow them to buy their plots of land for $1 if they had lived there for ten years or more.[9]
English Harbour has three enumeration districts.
Q48 Ethnic | Counts | % |
---|---|---|
African descendent | 471 | 82.68% |
Caucasian/White | 46 | 8.01% |
Mixed (Black/White) | 6 | 1.12% |
Mixed (Other) | 23 | 4.10% |
Hispanic | 6 | 1.12% |
Other | 10 | 1.68% |
Don't know/Not stated | 7 | 1.30% |
Total | 570 | 100.00% |
Q49 Religion | Counts | % |
---|---|---|
Adventist | 22 | 3.94% |
Anglican | 134 | 23.64% |
Baptist | 19 | 3.38% |
Church of God | 5 | 0.94% |
Evangelical | 10 | 1.69% |
Jehovah Witness | 4 | 0.75% |
Methodist | 199 | 35.27% |
Moravian | 17 | 3.00% |
None/no religion | 33 | 5.82% |
Pentecostal | 42 | 7.50% |
Rastafarian | 5 | 0.94% |
Roman Catholic | 34 | 6.00% |
Wesleyan Holiness | 14 | 2.44% |
Other | 16 | 2.81% |
Don't know/Not stated | 11 | 1.88% |
Total | 565 | 100.00% |
NotApp : | 4 |
Q55 Internet Use | Counts | % |
---|---|---|
Yes | 286 | 50.28% |
No | 279 | 48.98% |
Don't know/Not stated | 4 | 0.74% |
Total | 570 | 100.00% |
Q58. Country of birth | Counts | % |
---|---|---|
Africa | 1 | 0.19% |
Other Latin or North American countries | 1 | 0.19% |
Antigua and Barbuda | 435 | 76.35% |
Other Caribbean countries | 5 | 0.93% |
Canada | 1 | 0.19% |
Other Asian countries | 2 | 0.37% |
Other European countries | 8 | 1.49% |
Dominica | 6 | 1.12% |
Dominican Republic | 5 | 0.93% |
Guyana | 11 | 1.86% |
Jamaica | 22 | 3.91% |
Monsterrat | 1 | 0.19% |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 0.37% |
St. Lucia | 4 | 0.74% |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 0.56% |
United Kingdom | 20 | 3.54% |
USA | 28 | 4.84% |
USVI United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 0.37% |
Not Stated | 11 | 1.86% |
Total | 570 | 100.00% |
Q71 Country of Citizenship 1 | Counts | % |
---|---|---|
Antigua and Barbuda | 490 | 86.03% |
Other Caribbean countries | 1 | 0.19% |
Canada | 1 | 0.19% |
Other Asian and Middle Eastern countries | 1 | 0.19% |
Dominica | 5 | 0.93% |
Dominican Republic | 2 | 0.37% |
Guyana | 10 | 1.68% |
Jamaica | 16 | 2.79% |
St. Lucia | 1 | 0.19% |
United Kingdom | 15 | 2.61% |
USA | 12 | 2.05% |
Other countries | 7 | 1.30% |
Not Stated | 8 | 1.49% |
Total | 570 | 100.00% |
Q71 Country of Citizenship 2 (Country of Second Citizenship) | Counts | % |
---|---|---|
Other Caribbean countries | 10 | 12.86% |
Canada | 2 | 2.86% |
Other Asian and Middle Eastern countries | 1 | 1.43% |
Dominica | 3 | 4.29% |
Dominican Republic | 2 | 2.86% |
Guyana | 1 | 1.43% |
Jamaica | 6 | 8.57% |
St. Lucia | 2 | 2.86% |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 5.71% |
United Kingdom | 13 | 17.14% |
USA | 22 | 30.00% |
Other countries | 7 | 10.00% |
Total | 74 | 100.00% |
NotApp : | 495 |
Q91 Business Earning | Counts | % |
---|---|---|
Under $1,000 EC per month | 23 | 45.83% |
1,000 to $1,999 EC per month | 5 | 10.42% |
3,000 to $4,999 EC per month | 14 | 27.08% |
$5,000 EC and over per month | 8 | 16.67% |
Total | 51 | 100.00% |
NotApp : | 497 | |
Missing : | 22 |
Q117 MoneyOverseas (Money from friends and family overseas) | Counts | % |
---|---|---|
Under 100 EC$ | 441 | 96.74% |
100 to 499 EC$ | 6 | 1.40% |
500 to 999 EC$ | 1 | 0.23% |
1,000 to 1,999 EC$ | 1 | 0.23% |
2,000 to 4,999 EC$ | 1 | 0.23% |
5,000 to 99,999 EC$ | 5 | 1.16% |
Total | 456 | 100.00% |
NotApp : | 114 |
Employment status | Counts | % |
---|---|---|
Employed | 265 | 58.14% |
Unemployed | 33 | 7.21% |
Inactive | 156 | 34.19% |
Not stated | 2 | 0.47% |
Total | 456 | 100.00% |
NotApp : | 114 |