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Hamilton, Bermuda

Hamilton is the capital of Bermuda

Bermuda

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1770 kilometres northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1350 kilometres south of Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada....
. It is located on the north side of Hamilton Harbour

Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda

Hamilton Harbour is a natural harbour in Bermuda which serves as the port for the capital, the City of Hamilton, Bermuda. It is an arm of the Great Sound, Bermuda, and forms a tapering wedge shape of water between Paget Parish, Bermuda and the peninsula which forms Pembroke Parish, Bermuda, and upon which the capital sits....
, and is Bermuda's main port. Although there is a parish of the same name

Hamilton Parish, Bermuda

Hamilton Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It was renamed for Scottish aristocrat James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton when he purchased the shares originally held in the Virginia Company by Lucy, Countess of Bedford....
, the city of Hamilton is in the parish of Pembroke

Pembroke Parish, Bermuda

Pembroke Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It is named after English aristocrat William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke .It occupies most of the short peninsula which juts from the central north coast of Bermuda's main island, and surrounds the city of Hamilton, Bermuda on three sides ....
. The City is named after Sir Henry Hamilton

Henry Hamilton

Henry Hamilton was an Irish-born official of the British Empire. He was captured during the American Revolutionary War while serving as the lieutenant governor at the British post of Fort Detroit....
, governor

Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the Executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constitutive state....
from 1778 to 1794.

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Hamilton is the capital of Bermuda

Bermuda

Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda

Hamilton Parish, Bermuda

Pembroke Parish, Bermuda

Henry Hamilton

Governor

Hamilton Parish, Bermuda

In spite of being the administrative capital of Bermuda, Hamilton only has a permanent population of approximately 969, although some estimates have it as high as 1,500. Hamilton is the only incorporated city in Bermuda, but actually is smaller than the historic town of St. George's

St. George's, Bermuda

St. George's , located on the island and within the parish of the same names, was the first permanent settlement on the islands of Bermuda, and was the third successful English settlement in the Americas, after St....
. A more representative measure of Bermuda population tends to be by parish.

As the offshore domicile of many foreign companies, Bermuda has a highly-developed international business economy; it is a financial exporter of financial services, primarily insurance, reinsurance, investment funds and special purpose vehicles (SPV). Finance and international business now constitute the largest sector of Bermuda's economy[3], and virtually all of this business takes place within the borders of Hamilton.

Large numbers of leading international insurance companies are based in Hamilton, making it a global reinsurance centres.[22] Those internationally owned and operated businesses that are physically based in Bermuda - of which there are around four hundred - are represented by the Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC). In total, over 1,500 exempted or international companies are currently registered with the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda.

The city is the registered headquarters of Accenture

Accenture

Accenture Limited is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. It is registered in Hamilton, Bermuda. It is said to be the largest consulting firm in the world....
(formerly Andersen Consulting) - the global management consulting

Management consulting

Management consulting refers to both the industry of, and the practice of, helping organizations improve their performance, primarily through the analysis of existing business problems and development of plans for improvement....
, technology services and outsourcing

Outsourcing

Outsourcing is subcontracting a process, such as product design or manufacturing, to a third-party company. The decision to outsource is often made in the interest of lowering firm or making better use of time and energy costs, redirecting or conserving energy directed at the core competence of a particular business, or to make more efficient...
company. Of the same reason Hamilton is well known to hold the headquarter of many international shipping companies, like DryShips Inc. and Frontline Ltd.

Frontline Ltd.

Frontline Ltd. is one of the world's largest oil tanker shipping companies, based in Hamilton, Bermuda, Bermuda and controlled by John Fredriksen....
among others.

History

The history of Hamilton began in 1790 when the Bermuda Government set aside 145 acres (58.7 ha

Hectare

A hectare is a unit of area equal to , or one square hectometre , and commonly used for surveying.The hectare is used in most countries around the world, especially in domains concerned with land ownership, land planning, and land management, including law , agriculture, forestry, and town planning....
) for its future seat, and was officially incorporated in 1793 by an Act of Parliament. The Colony's capital relocated to Hamilton from St. George's in 1815. The City lay at the political and military heart of Bermuda over the last two centuries. In addition to the parliament within it, Government House sits to its north, the former Admiralty House of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
to its west (both in Pembroke, and the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
garrison headquarters at Prospect Camp to its East.

The Town of Hamilton became a City with the erection of the Hamilton Cathedral (Church Of England) in 1897. A Catholic cathedral was later constructed. Today, the city overlooking Hamilton Harbour is primarily a business district, with few structures other than office buildings and shops. The City of Hamilton has long maintained a building limit, which states that no buildings may obscure the Cathedral, but in recent months buildings have been planned and areas have started construction on buildings as high as 10 storeys in the city. Bermuda's local newspaper The Royal Gazette

The Royal Gazette

File:Royal Gazette .jpgThe Royal Gazette is a daily newspaper on the island nation of Bermuda. Founded in 1828, it is Bermuda's only daily newspaper....
reports "If you don't recognise the city, from 15 years ago, we don't blame you as it has changed so much". The Trimingham's shops have now been removed after well over 50 years of service in Bermuda.

Parks

The city of Hamilton has many parks for its size. Probably the most notable park in the city is Victoria Park. This park occupies a whole block and was named after the former Queen Victoria. Other parks in the city are Par La Ville Park, Barr's Park, All Bouy's Point Park, and the hidden Cedar Park.

Climate

Trivia

Hamilton's antipode

Antipodes

The antipodes refer to lands and peoples located on the opposite side of the world compared to the speaker. This has a general, linguistic meaning and a technical, geographical meaning....
is located 45 kilometres west of Point Peron near Rockingham, Western Australia

Rockingham, Western Australia

Rockingham is a suburb and regional centre in Western Australia Australia south-west of the Perth, Western Australia city centre and south of Fremantle, Western Australia....
, an outer suburb of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
.

External links

municipal government website
Bermuda Island.net's detailed History