Freetown, officially known as FreeTown,[3] is a town in Antigua. It is located in the southeast of the island, on a peninsula between Willoughby Bay to the south and Nonsuch Bay to the north.
Freetown | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| FreeTown | |
  Freetown | |
| Coordinates: 17°03′N 61°42′W / 17.050°N 61.700°W | |
| Country | Antigua and Barbuda |
| Island | Antigua |
| Parish | Saint Philip Parish |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village Council[1] (possibly dissolved)[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1 km2 (0.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 609 |
| Demonym | Freetownian |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
History
editThe settlement arose in the course of the abolition of slavery in 1834, when numerous freedmen settled here on Far Hill (Farr's hill),[4] where there was a public water pond.[5] After Liberta, Freetown was the second free village and therefore has its name ("free town").[6][7]
The place received further move as early as 1843. After the great Caribbean earthquake, the settlement on Willoughby Bay (Bridgetown) was abandoned, the inhabitants there moved partly to Bethesda, mostly to Freetown. The Methodists, who had been based in Bethesda since 1813, had built a small chapel and a school in Freetown in 1841 when they moved the congregation from Willoughby Bay to Bethesda.[8] This was also destroyed, and a larger mission house was built by 1847.[8]
The place grew very strongly - around 1855 it was named as the largest on the island and the population was given as "estimated 2–3000".[9] In 1882, the church was rebuilt and dedicated to the "glory of God".[8] Until the 1960s, the Methodists ran the only school on site, then a state school was established.[8]
With the economic upheaval brought on by the 20th century's end to colonialism and independence, the population gradually declined throughout the nineteenth century. The area is now a modest, self-sufficient agricultural community with a developed structure, but it contrasts sharply with the eastern noble, contained hotel and villa area between Half Moon Bay and Mill Reef, which is popular with tourists from other countries.[10] Only the road from Newfield leads to the village, which then terminates at the Mill-Reef region at the tip of the peninsula. To reach Nonsuch Bay and Harmony Hall, a terrible road splits off.
Today, the town has a small hospital (Freetown Clinic), with the Crossroads Centre, an alcohol and drug rehabilitation center, a police station (Freetown Police Station), a primary school (Freetown Primary School), as well as a church, the Methodist Hall of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and Americas.
Geography
editIt is a sparsely populated area with one beach – Half Moon Bay with its beautiful white and pink sand. Freetown has an area of 1 square kilometre.[11]
Climate
editFreetown is often ranked as the coldest town in Antigua and Barbuda, often achieving low temperatures of 15 degrees Celsius in the winter.[12][13][14]
Demographics
editFreetown has four enumeration districts.
- 60600 FreeTown-North
- 60700 FreeTown-West
- 60800 FreeTown-South
Census data
edit| Q48 Ethnic | Counts | % |
|---|---|---|
| African descendent | 587 | 96.33% |
| Mixed (Other) | 8 | 1.35% |
| Hispanic | 1 | 0.19% |
| Other | 2 | 0.39% |
| Don't know/Not stated | 11 | 1.74% |
| Total | 609 | 100.00% |
| Q49 Religion | Counts | % |
|---|---|---|
| Adventist | 78 | 12.87% |
| Anglican | 185 | 30.60% |
| Baptist | 16 | 2.73% |
| Church of God | 38 | 6.24% |
| Evangelical | 5 | 0.78% |
| Jehovah Witness | 1 | 0.19% |
| Methodist | 165 | 27.29% |
| Moravian | 4 | 0.58% |
| Nazarene | 2 | 0.39% |
| Pentecostal | 15 | 2.53% |
| Rastafarian | 6 | 0.97% |
| Roman Catholic | 6 | 0.97% |
| Weslyan Holiness | 53 | 8.77% |
| Other | 13 | 2.14% |
| Don't know/Not stated | 18 | 2.92% |
| Total | 603 | 100.00% |
| NotApp : | 6 |
| Q58. Country of birth | Counts | % |
|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | 513 | 84.17% |
| Other Caribbean countries | 2 | 0.39% |
| Canada | 2 | 0.39% |
| Dominica | 12 | 1.93% |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 0.19% |
| Guyana | 16 | 2.70% |
| Jamaica | 20 | 3.28% |
| Monsterrat | 1 | 0.19% |
| St. Lucia | 2 | 0.39% |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 12 | 1.93% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0.19% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.19% |
| USA | 19 | 3.09% |
| USVI United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 0.19% |
| Not Stated | 5 | 0.77% |
| Total | 609 | 100.00% |
| Q71 Country of Citizenship 1 | Counts | % |
|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | 557 | 91.51% |
| Dominica | 2 | 0.39% |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 0.19% |
| Guyana | 12 | 1.93% |
| Jamaica | 16 | 2.70% |
| St. Lucia | 1 | 0.19% |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 11 | 1.74% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0.19% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.19% |
| USA | 5 | 0.77% |
| Not Stated | 1 | 0.19% |
| Total | 609 | 100.00% |
| Q71 Country of Citizenship 2 | Counts | % |
|---|---|---|
| Other Caribbean countries | 4 | 6.25% |
| Canada | 2 | 4.17% |
| Dominica | 9 | 16.67% |
| Guyana | 8 | 14.58% |
| Jamaica | 5 | 8.33% |
| Monsterrat | 2 | 4.17% |
| St. Lucia | 1 | 2.08% |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 4.17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2.08% |
| USA | 21 | 37.50% |
| Total | 56 | 100.00% |
| NotApp : | 553 |
References
edit- ^ http://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cap-466.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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- ^ "Antigua and Barbuda::Statistics Division/Redatam Webserver | Statistical Process and Dissemination Tool". redatam.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ Desmond Nicholson. "Cultural heritage". antiguahistory.net: Museum of Antigua and Barbuda (Villages: Village facts: Freetown). Susan Lowes. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ^ vgl. Karte Antigua. Robert Baker, Thomas Jefferys, 1775 (Datei:Antigua 1775.jpg)
- ^ dann folgte Freemans Ville. Sara Louise Kras (2008), "The sugarcane era", Antigua and Barbuda, vol. 26 von Cultures of the world, Verlag Marshall Cavendish, p. 35, ISBN 978-0-7614-2570-0
- ^ V. Iothie Wyre. "Freetown" (Congregations). Methodist Church of Antigua & Barbuda. Archived from the original on 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2014-03-19. weitere Details auch Bethesda Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine und History: Part 3 The work takes shape
- ^ a b c d V. Iothie Wyre. "Freetown" (Congregations). Methodist Church of Antigua & Barbuda. Archived from the original on 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2014-03-19. weitere Details auch Bethesda Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine und History: Part 3 The work takes shape
- ^ Wesleyan Methodist missionary society, ed. (1855), "West Indies. Antigua.", Missionary Notices (Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Walter Garry, dated Freetown, January 23d, 1855), p. 59 [Continued as] The Wesleyan missionary notices
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. Zitat David B. Weaver (November 1988), Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, Frank van Oort (ed.), "The evolution of a 'plantation' tourism landscape on the caribbean island of Antigua", Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, vol. 79, no. 5, p. 328, doi:10.1111/j.1467-9663.1988.tb01318.x, ISSN 1467-9663 ganzer Artikel S. 319–331; Übersetzung Wikipedia; Abstract, wiley.com; Mill Reef ist heute aber verfallen (TESG)The spatial dichotomy is well illustrated by the juxtaposition of Freetown, an impoverished local settlement, with the opulent tourist ghetto of Mill Reef
vgl. auch Genivar: Karte 6.15 Accessibility. S. 147 (PDF, S. 165, Markierung No public access).
- ^ "Enumeration District Boundaries for the 2021 Census". nri.environment.gov.ag. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ "Cooler temperatures expected to continue across Antigua". Antigua News Room. 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ "It was again a much colder night than usual across much of Antigua and Barbuda, see the numbers below. The lower-than-usual nightly temperatures are expected to continue through the weekend, perhaps warming a bit". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ "Past Weather in Freetown, Antigua and Barbuda — Yesterday or Further Back". 2023-03-12. Archived from the original on 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ "Q48 Ethnic" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ "Q49 Religion" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ "Q58. Country of birth" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ "Q71 Country of Citizenship 1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ "Q71 Country of Citizenship 2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
