St. Kitts und Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis were first settled by Amerindian peoples; at the time of European contact the islands were home to the Kalinago, who called Saint Kitts Liamuiga, 'the fertile land'. Christopher Columbus sighted th…

Saint Mary Cayon is one of the fourteen administrative parishes that make up Saint Kitts and Nevis, and it lies on the main island of Saint Kitts. Its parish capital is Cayon, the village that has long been the parish's…

Saint Peter Basseterre is one of the fourteen administrative parishes that make up Saint Kitts and Nevis, and it lies on the main island of Saint Kitts. Its parish capital is Monkey Hill, a settlement whose name is know…

Trinity Palmetto Point is one of the fourteen administrative parishes that make up Saint Kitts and Nevis, and it ranks sixth in size among the parishes on the island of Saint Kitts. Its parish capital is Trinity. The pa…

Saint John Capisterre is the second-largest parish on Saint Kitts and the third-largest in the federation. Stretching across the green northern part of the island, it was for centuries dominated by sugar cane estates, w…

Christ Church Nichola Town lies on the east coast of Saint Kitts, facing the Atlantic. It is the fifth-largest parish on the island, with Nichola Town as its capital. For centuries, the fertile land between the mountain…

Saint George Basseterre is home to Basseterre, the capital of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The town's French name, meaning 'low land', recalls the period when French and English settlers shared Saint Kitts. …

Saint Thomas Middle Island, the third-largest parish on Saint Kitts, has deep roots in the island's colonial beginnings. Its parish church at Middle Island is known as the burial place of Sir Thomas Warner, who led the …

Saint Anne Sandy Point is the smallest parish on Saint Kitts by area, covering just five square miles, with Sandy Point Town as its capital. Located on the sheltered leeward coast, the town has long been a place where b…

Saint Paul Capisterre is one of the smaller parishes of Saint Kitts, lying on the island's northern side with its capital at Saint Paul Capisterre Village. For centuries, the landscape here was dominated by sugar cane f…

Saint Thomas Lowland was the first parish established on Nevis and home to the island's first British settlement, Jamestown. Legend has it that Jamestown was swallowed by a tidal wave in the late 1680s, although there i…

Saint James Windward is the largest of the five parishes of Nevis and of the whole Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Located in the northeastern part of the island, it faces the Atlantic trade winds, which gave the p…

Saint George Gingerland, also known as Marketshop, lies in the southeast of Nevis. Its name recalls the ginger once grown here, one of the crops that shaped the parish's farming life alongside sugar cane. Over the gener…

Saint John Figtree is one of the five parishes of Nevis. Its parish church, the Fig Tree Church, keeps the record of a famous event: in 1787, the young naval officer Horatio Nelson married Frances Nisbet, a widow from N…

Saint Paul Charlestown is the smallest parish in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, covering only about four square miles, yet it holds the island's capital, Charlestown. The town is famous as the birthplace of Al…

Saint John Capisterre is one of 14 administrative parishes that make up Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is the second largest parish on Saint Kitts (after Saint George Basseterre Parish), and the third largest parish in the f…

Christ Church Nichola Town is one of the 14 administrative parishes that make up the Saint Kitts and Nevis. Christ Church Nichola Town is the fifth largest parish on Saint Kitts and is located on the east coast of the m…

Saint George Basseterre is one of 14 administrative parishes that make up Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is the largest parish on Saint Kitts and the second largest parish in Saint Kitts and Nevis (after Saint James Windward…

Saint Thomas Middle Island is one of 14 administrative parishes that make up Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is the third largest parish on the island of Saint Kitts, and fourth largest in the federation. The parish capital i…

Saint Anne Sandy Point is one of 14 administrative parishes that make up Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is the smallest parish on St. Kitts in terms of area, at just 5 square miles (13 km2). It is located on the main island …