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Road Town

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Road Town, on the island of Tortola, is the capital and largest town of the British Virgin Islands, a British Overseas Territory, standing on the horseshoe-shaped Road Harbour on the island's south coast; its name comes from the nautical term for a sheltered anchorage, a road. The Wickham's Cay development, 28 hectares of reclaimed land with marina facilities, turned the town into a major yacht-chartering and tourism hub, and its oldest standing structure, the HM Prison on Main Street, dates to 1774. Its population was about 15,000 in 2018.

Facts
Population
15,000 1
approximate, source states "about 15,000", no precise recent census total found
Population Estimate Year
2018 1
Elevation (m)
10 1
Latitude
18.43139 degrees north 1
Longitude
64.62306 degrees west 1
Sources
1. Road Town (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead paragraph
    The population was about 15,000 in 2018.
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    elevation_m = 10
  • Infobox: coordinates
    coordinates = 18°25′53″N 64°37′23″W
  • In Group: Cities of Caribbean (World), Wikipedia lead, capital of British Virgin Islands
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Wikidata: United Kingdom
On Continent: Europe, Wikidata item for United Kingdom, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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