Brades
Brades
Brades Estate |
— City — |
Location of Brades within Montserrat |
Coordinates: |
Country |
United Kingdom |
Overseas territory |
Montserrat |
Population |
- Total |
ca 1,000 |
Time zone |
Atlantic (UTC-4) |
Brades (or Brades Estate; approx. pop. 1,000) is a village and de facto capital of Montserrat since 1998.[1] It is located in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat. The official capital Plymouth in the south of the island has been abandoned since 1997 due to the eruption of Soufriere Hills volcano, which buried Plymouth. Interim government buildings have since been built at Brades. Several names have been suggested for the new capital, which is now being constructed in the Little Bay area. They include Port Diana, in memory of Princess Diana [2] , and St. Patrick's, to commemorate the March 17th uprising and to attract Irish-American tourists.
References
Capitals of British administrative divisions |
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British Overseas Territories |
Crown Dependencies |
Constituent countries |
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The Valley, Anguilla
Hamilton, Bermuda
Rothera, British Antarctic Territory
Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory
Road Town, British Virgin Islands
George Town, Cayman Islands
Stanley, Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Plymouth (de jure), Brades (de facto), Montserrat
Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands
Jamestown, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Grytviken (de jure), King Edward Point (de facto), Sth Georgia & Sth Sandwich Islands
Episkopi Cantonment, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands
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