St. Johns, Saba

St. Johns
View of St Johns Village as seen from Mount Scenery
View of St Johns Village as seen from Mount Scenery
Map of Saba showing St. Johns
Map of Saba showing St. Johns
Coordinates: 17°37′13.36″N 63°14′35.1″W / 17.6203778°N 63.243083°W / 17.6203778; -63.243083
Country Netherlands
Public body Saba
Population
 (2001)[1]
 • Total186
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)

St. Johns (or St. John's) is a settlement in Saba, the Caribbean Netherlands. It is located between The Bottom and Windwardside. It is the smallest of Saba's four villages, with a population of 186 (in 2001).[1] The village was the birthplace of Cornelia Jones, the first woman to hold public office in the Windward Islands.[2] It is the current location of Saba's primary and secondary schools making it the center of the Island's education. It is also one of the island's seismic monitoring sites.

  1. ^ a b "Geodata 2001, Saba & Sint.Eustatius, Census 2001". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Netherlands Antilles. 2001. p. 17. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ Johnson, Will (15 August 2009). "Under the Sea Grape Tree: Miss Cornelia Jones First Woman Member of the Island Council" (PDF). The Daily Herald. Philipsburg, St. Maarten. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

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