Oistins
Sign in to saveOistins (Pronounced /'ȯis-tins/ -- UN/LOCODE: BB OST) is a coastal area located in the country of Barbados. It is situated centrally along the coastline of the parish of Christ Church, and is the parish capital. The area includes a fishing village as well as a tourist area with a variety of bars, rum shops, and shopping arcades.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Oistins
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Miami Beach, Barbados.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Barbados
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location on a map of Barbados parishes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Barbados
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Parish
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Christ Church
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 2285
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- Eastern Caribbean Time Zone
- Settlement.utc_offset
- -4
- Settlement.area_code
- +1 246
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Oistins (Pronounced /'ȯis-tins/ -- UN/LOCODE: BB OST) is a coastal area located in the country of Barbados. It is situated centrally along the coastline of the parish of Christ Church, and is the parish capital. The area includes a fishing village as well as a tourist area with a variety of bars, rum shops, and shopping arcades.
== Etymology == It has been thought that the name "Oistins" is a corruption of "Austin's". Austin was an early landowner in this area, described by Richard Ligon, one of the first historians of Barbados, as "a wild, mad, drunken fellow whose lewd and extravagant carriage made him infamous in the island".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oistins” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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