Holetown
Sign in to saveHoletown (UN/LOCODE: BB HLT) is a small city located in the Caribbean island nation of Barbados. Holetown is located in the parish of Saint James on the sheltered west coast of the island.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Holetown
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Holetown, Saint James, Barbados-001.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Highway 1 in Holetown
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Barbados
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Barbados
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Barbados
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Parish
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Saint James
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 1595
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- AST
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- Town twinning
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Holetown (UN/LOCODE: BB HLT) is a small city located in the Caribbean island nation of Barbados. Holetown is located in the parish of Saint James on the sheltered west coast of the island.
==History== 150px|right|thumb|The Holetown Monument, commemorating initial English claim and later settlement of Barbados. In 1625, Holetown (formerly as St. James Town) was the site of initial English settlement of Barbados (although Captain Cataline had previously landed to collect water in 1620). The envoy (led by John Powell) was blown off-course from South America to England and took the opportunity to claim the island for the Kingdom of England. Some personal possessions were left behind and the crew departed Holetown for England.