Antigua and Barbuda

Central America and the Caribbean

Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico.

17 03 N, 61 48 W

Each Endeavouring, All Achieving
Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer

Capital
Saint John's

Government
Parliamentary democracy

Religion
Anglican 25.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.3%, Pentecostal 10.6%, Moravian 10.5%, Roman Catholic 10.4%, Methodist 7.9%, Baptist 4.9%, Church of God 4.5%, other Christian 5.4%, other 2%, none or unspecified 5.8%.

Population
86,754

Ethnic group
Black 91%, mixed 4.4%, white 1.7%, other 2.9%.

National Language                   
English
          
National Day
1st. November 1981 (from the UK)

Anthem
Fair Antigua and Barbuda

Currency
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

Attractions
Carlisle Bay,  Harmony Hall Art Gallery,  Museum of Antigua and Barbuda,  Shirley Heights 

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Art & Cultural

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St. John's Cathedral St. John's Cathedral also known as the St. John the Divine, the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba, is an Anglican church perched on a hilltop in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. The present cathedral with its imposing white twin towers was built on a fossilized reef, in 1845, and is now in its third incarnation, as earthquakes  in 1683 and in 1745 destroyed the previous structures. The iron gates on the south face of the church are flanked by pillars displaying lead Biblical figures of St John the Divine and St John the Baptist. They were taken by HMS Temple in 1756, from a French ship destined for Martinique.