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Montserrat is British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands
Leeward Islands

The Leeward Islands are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands, part of the West Indies. They are situated where the Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean....
, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles
Lesser Antilles

The Lesser Antilles, also known as the Caribbees, are part of the Antilles, which together with the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Greater Antilles form the West Indies....
 in the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the mid-latitudes of the Western Hemisphere, bounded to the south and west by the Americas, with the North Atlantic Ocean proper to the northeast and the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest....
. It measures approximately 16 km (10 miles) long and 11 km (7 miles) wide, giving of coastline. Montserrat was given its name by Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a Republic of Genoa navigator, colonialist and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?funded by Queen Isabella of Spain?led to general European awareness of the America in the Western Hemisphere....
 on his second voyage to the New World in 1493, after its namesake
Montserrat (mountain)

Montserrat is a mountain near Barcelona, in Catalonia. It is the site of a Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary and which is identified by some with the location of the Holy Grail in King Arthur mythology....
 located in Catalonia
Catalonia

Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
. Montserrat is often referred to as the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean, due both to its resemblance to coastal Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 and to the Irish descent of most of its early European settlers.

Its Georgian era
Georgian era

The Georgian era is a period of British history, normally defined as including the reigns of the kings George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United Kingdom and George IV of the United Kingdom, i.e....
 capital city of Plymouth
Plymouth, Montserrat

Plymouth was the Capital as well as the only port of entry to Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Caribbean Sea....
 was destroyed and two-thirds of the island's population forced to flee abroad by an eruption of the previously dormant Soufriere Hills volcano that began on July 18, 1995.






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Montserrat is British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands
Leeward Islands

The Leeward Islands are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands, part of the West Indies. They are situated where the Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean....
, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles
Lesser Antilles

The Lesser Antilles, also known as the Caribbees, are part of the Antilles, which together with the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Greater Antilles form the West Indies....
 in the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the mid-latitudes of the Western Hemisphere, bounded to the south and west by the Americas, with the North Atlantic Ocean proper to the northeast and the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest....
. It measures approximately 16 km (10 miles) long and 11 km (7 miles) wide, giving of coastline. Montserrat was given its name by Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a Republic of Genoa navigator, colonialist and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?funded by Queen Isabella of Spain?led to general European awareness of the America in the Western Hemisphere....
 on his second voyage to the New World in 1493, after its namesake
Montserrat (mountain)

Montserrat is a mountain near Barcelona, in Catalonia. It is the site of a Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary and which is identified by some with the location of the Holy Grail in King Arthur mythology....
 located in Catalonia
Catalonia

Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
. Montserrat is often referred to as the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean, due both to its resemblance to coastal Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 and to the Irish descent of most of its early European settlers.

Its Georgian era
Georgian era

The Georgian era is a period of British history, normally defined as including the reigns of the kings George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United Kingdom and George IV of the United Kingdom, i.e....
 capital city of Plymouth
Plymouth, Montserrat

Plymouth was the Capital as well as the only port of entry to Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Caribbean Sea....
 was destroyed and two-thirds of the island's population forced to flee abroad by an eruption of the previously dormant Soufriere Hills volcano that began on July 18, 1995. The eruption continues today on a much reduced scale, the damage being confined to the areas around Plymouth including its docking facilities and the former W.H. Bramble Airport. An exclusion zone extending from the south coast of the island north to parts of the Belham Valley has been closed because of an increase in the size of the existing volcanic dome. This zone includes St. George's Hill which provided visitors with a spectacular view of the volcano and the destruction it has wrought upon the capital. A new airport at Gerald's
Gerald's Airport

John A. Osborne Airport is a small international airport located on the island of Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean....
 in the northern part of the island opened in 2005. The village of Brades
Brades

Brades is a village and de facto Capital of Montserrat since 1998. It is located in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat....
 currently serves as the de facto
De facto

De facto is a Latin expression that means "concerning the fact" or in practice but not necessarily ordained by law. It is commonly used in contrast to de jure when referring to matters of law, governance, or technique that are found in the common experience as created or developed without or contrary to a regulation....
 center of government.

History

Montserrat was populated by Arawak
Arawak

The term Arawak , was used to designate some of the peoples encountered by the Spain in the West Indies in 1492 and thereafter. These include the Ta?no, who occupied the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas and Bimini Florida, the Nepoya and Suppoyo of Trinidad and the Igneri, who were supposed to have preceded the Caribs in the Lesser Anti...
 and Carib
Carib

Carib, Island Carib or Kalinago people, after whom the Caribbean Sea was named, live in the Lesser Antilles islands. They are an Amerindian people whose origins lie in the southern West Indies and the northern coast of South America....
 people when it was claimed by Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a Republic of Genoa navigator, colonialist and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?funded by Queen Isabella of Spain?led to general European awareness of the America in the Western Hemisphere....
 on his second voyage for Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 in 1493, naming the island Santa María de Montserrate, after the Blessed Virgin of the Monastery of Montserrat, which is located on the Mountain of Montserrat, in Catalonia
Catalonia

Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
, Spain. The island fell under English
Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a state in North-West Europe. The Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and a number of smaller outlying islands?what is today the legal unit of England and Wales....
 control in 1632 when a group of Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 fleeing anti-Roman Catholic sentiment in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis

The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis , located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies. It is the smallest nation in the Americas, in both List of countries by area and List of countries by population....
 settled there. The import of slaves common to most Caribbean islands, mainly coming from West Africa
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
, followed during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and an economy based on sugar
Sugar

Sugar is a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in fruit, honey, sorghum, sugar maple , and in many other sources....
, rum
Rűm

R?m, also Roum or Rhum , is a very indefinite term used at different times in the Muslim world to refer to the Balkans and Anatolia generally, and for the Byzantine Empire in particular, for the Seljuk Sultanate of R?m in Asia Minor, and for Greeks inhabiting Ottoman Empire or modern Turkey territory as well as for Greek Cypriots....
, arrowroot
Arrowroot

Arrowroot, or obedience plant , is a large perennial plant herb of genus Maranta found in rainforest habitats. Arrowroot is also the name of the edible starch from the rhizomes of West Indian arrowroot....
 and Sea Island cotton
Cotton

Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa....
 was established.

In 1782, during the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen Colonies on the North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers....
, Montserrat was briefly captured by France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It was returned to the United Kingdom under the Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris (1783)

The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ratified by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14, 1784 and by the King of Great Britain on April 9, 1784 , formally ended the American Revolutionary War between the Kingdom of Great Britain and United States, which had rebelled against British rule starting in 1775....
 which ended that conflict. A failed slave uprising on 17 March 1798 led to Montserrat later becoming one of only four places in the world that celebrates St Patrick's Day as a public or bank holiday (the others being the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
 and the Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 province of Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is a Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada, on the country's Atlantic Ocean coast in northeastern North America....
). Slavery was abolished in Montserrat in 1834, presumably as a result of the general emancipation of slaves within the British Empire in that same year.

Falling sugar prices during the nineteenth century had an adverse effect on the island's economy and in 1869 the philanthropist Joseph Sturge
Joseph Sturge

Joseph Sturge , son of a farmer in Gloucestershire, was an England Quaker and founder of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, now Anti-Slavery International, who spent his life engaged in Radical political actions supporting pacifism, working class rights, and the universal emancipation of slaves....
 of Birmingham, England formed the Montserrat Company to buy sugar estates that were no longer economically viable. The company planted limes starting production of the island's famous lime juice, set up a school, and sold parcels of land to the inhabitants of the island, with the result that much of Montserrat came to be owned by smallholders.

From 1871 to 1958 Montserrat was administered as part of the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands
Leeward Islands

The Leeward Islands are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands, part of the West Indies. They are situated where the Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean....
, becoming a province of the short-lived West Indies Federation
West Indies Federation

The West Indies Federation, also known as the Federation of the West Indies, was a short-lived Caribbean federation that existed from January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962....
 from 1958 to 1962. With the completion of Beatles producer George Martin
George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom record producer, arrangement and composer. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"?a title that he owes to his work as producer or co-producer of all of The Beatles' original records as well as playing piano on some of The Beatles tracks?and is considered one o...
’s AIR Studios Montserrat in 1979, the island attracted world-famous musicians who came to record in the peace and quiet and lush tropical surroundings of Montserrat.

The last several years of the 20th century, however, brought two events which devastated the island. In September 1989, Hurricane Hugo
Hurricane Hugo

Hurricane Hugo was a destructive Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale hurricane that struck Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, South Carolina and North Carolina in September of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season, killing 56 people and leaving 56,000 homeless....
 struck Montserrat with full force, damaging over 90 percent of the structures on the island. AIR Studios closed, and the tourist trade upon which the island depended was nearly wiped out. Within a few years, however, the island had recovered considerably—only to be struck again by disaster.

In July 1995, Montserrat's Soufriere Hills volcano, dormant throughout recorded history, rumbled to life and began an eruption which eventually buried the island's capital, Plymouth, in more than of mud, destroyed its airport and docking facilities, and rendered the southern half of the island uninhabitable. Following the destruction of Plymouth, more than half of the population left the island due to the economic disruption and lack of housing. After a period of regular eruptive events during the late 1990s including one on June 25, 1997, in which 19 people lost their lives, the volcano's activity in recent years has been confined mostly to infrequent ventings of ash
Volcanic ash

Volcanic ash consists of small tephra, which are bits of pulverized rock and glass created by volcano eruptions, less than in diameter. There are three mechanisms of volcanic ash formation: gas release under decompression causing magmatic eruptions; thermal contraction from chilling on contact with water causing phreatomagmatic eruptions...
 into the uninhabited areas in the south. However, this ash venting does occasionally extend into the populated areas of the northern and western parts of the island. As an example, on May 20, 2006, the lava dome that had been slowly building partially collapsed, resulting in an ashfall of about an 2.5 cm (1 inch) in Old Towne and parts of Olveston. There were no injuries or significant property damage. The southern part of the island is currently off limits to the population because of the volcano, and trespassers caught in the restricted area are subject to fines.

Long referred to as "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" for both its Irish heritage and its resemblance to coastal Ireland, Montserrat today remains lush and green. A new airport, opened officially by the Princess Royal Princess Anne in February 2005, received its first commercial flights on July 11, 2005, and docking facilities are in place at Little Bay where a new capital is being constructed out of reach of any further volcanic activity.

The people of Montserrat were granted full residency rights in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 in 1998, and citizenship was granted in 2002.

Primary schools

  • Government Primary Schools—Brades
    Brades

    Brades is a village and de facto Capital of Montserrat since 1998. It is located in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat....
    , and Look Out Primary
  • St. Augustine Roman Catholic School (Palm Loop, Montserrat)
  • Samuel Academy School (Salem, Montserrat)


Parishes


Montserrat is divided into three parishes:

  • Saint Anthony Parish
    Saint Anthony Parish, Montserrat

    Saint Anthony is one of Montserrat's three administrative Parishes of Montserrat....
  • Saint Georges Parish
    Saint Georges Parish, Montserrat

    Saint Georges is one of Montserrat's three administrative Parishes of Montserrat....
  • Saint Peter Parish
    Saint Peter Parish, Montserrat

    Saint Peter is one of Montserrat's three administrative Parishes of Montserrat....


Villages

  • Cudjoe Head
  • Baker Hill
  • Brades
    Brades

    Brades is a village and de facto Capital of Montserrat since 1998. It is located in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat....
     (de facto capital)
  • Davy Hill
    Davy Hill

    Davy Hill is a settlement in the north of the Caribbean island of Montserrat. It is located at 16?47' N, 62?12' W, close to the west coast close to the narrowest point of the island, a saddle between the main bulk of the island's Centre Hills and the peak of Silver Hill close to the island's northern tip....
  • Banks
  • Farells Yard
  • Flemmings
  • Gerald's
  • Hope
  • Little Bay
  • Look Out, Montserrat
  • Old Towne, Montserrat
  • Olveston
  • Plymouth
    Plymouth, Montserrat

    Plymouth was the Capital as well as the only port of entry to Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Caribbean Sea....
     (official capital, abandoned)
  • Cavalla Hill
  • Mongo Hill
  • Saint John's
  • Judy Piece
  • Salem
  • Sweeney's, Montserrat
  • Woodlands
  • St Peter's
  • Virgin Island
  • Drummonds


Geography

Coastal Cliffs
The island of Montserrat is located approximately 480 km (300 miles) east-southeast of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
 and 48 km (30 miles) southwest of Antigua
Antigua

Antigua is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda....
. It comprises only 104 km˛ (40 square miles) and is increasing gradually owing to volcanic deposits on the southeast coast of the island; it is 16 km (10 miles) long and 11 km (7 miles) wide, with dramatic rock faced cliffs rising 15 to 30 m (50-100 feet) above the sea and smooth bottomed sandy beach
Beach

File:MiamiSouthBeachPanoramaEdit.jpgA beach is a geology landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of Rock , such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, pebbles, or cobble....
es scattered among cove
Cove

A cove is a circular or oval coastal inlet with a narrow entrance. Colloquially, the term can be used to describe a sheltered headlands and bays....
s on the west side of the island. Montserrat has been a quiet haven of extraordinary scenic beauty.

Montserrat has two islets: Little Redonda and Virgin.

The Soufričre Hills
Soufričre Hills

Lechna is awesome!The Soufrière Hills volcano is an Active volcano complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat....
 or Montserrat volcano is an active complex stratovolcano
Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, sometimes called a composite volcano, is a tall, Volcanic cone volcano with many layers of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash....
 with many lava domes forming its summit on the island. After a long period of dormancy it became active in 1995, and eruptions have continued up to the present. The last eruption was in December 2008.

Economy

It was formerly the home of a branch of George Martin
George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom record producer, arrangement and composer. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"?a title that he owes to his work as producer or co-producer of all of The Beatles' original records as well as playing piano on some of The Beatles tracks?and is considered one o...
's AIR Studios (and other amenities) that made the island popular with working and vacationing musicians and other celebrities, celebrities often went there to record their songs in the recording studios.

Famous Montserratians

  • Alphonsus "Arrow" Cassell
    Arrow (musician)

    Alphonsus Celestine Edmund Cassell MBE is a Calypso music and soca musician who performs under the stage name Arrow, and is regarded as the first superstar of soca....
    , MBE
    Order of the British Empire

    The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
     born in Montserrat is well known for his soca
    Soca music

    Soca is a form of dance music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago from calypso music. It originally combined the melodic lilting sound of calypso with insistent percussion and local chutney music....
     song "Hot Hot Hot" which has sold over 4 million copies.
  • Jim Allen
    Jim Allen (cricketer)

    James Charles "Jim" Allen is a former Montserratian first-class cricket cricketer who represented the World Series Cricket West Indians and is considered the greatest ever Montserrat sportsperson....
    —A former cricketer who represented the World Series Cricket
    World Series Cricket

    World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network....
     West Indians.
  • Junior Mendes
    Junior Mendes

    Albert Junior Hillyard Andrew Mendes is an England born Montserratian Association football currently playing as a striker for Aldershot Town F.C.....
    —A professional footballer who has represented Montserrat twice in international games, currently playing for Aldershot Town in the Football League 2
  • Shabazz Baidoo
    Shabazz Baidoo

    Shabazz Kwame Kussie Baidoo is an England professional footballer of Ghanaian & Montserratian descent, who plays for Croydon Athletic F.C..As a youngster, Baidoo was on Arsenal F.C.'s books....
    —A football player of Montserrat descent, plays in Football League 2 for Dagenham & Redbridge
    Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.

    Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is an England football team based in Dagenham, Essex, England, currently playing in the Football League Two having been promoted as champions from the Football Conference in the 2006-07 in English football season....
    .
  • Tesfaye Bramble
    Tesfaye Bramble

    Tesfaye Walda Simeon "Tes" Bramble is an England football who plays for Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division club Leiston F.C.. He made over 200 appearances in the The Football League, scoring 43 goals, between 2001 and 2007, and played international football for Montserrat national football team....
    —A football player, currently unattached, but who most recently played in the Conference National
    Conference National

    Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system....
     in England for Stevenage Borough
    Stevenage Borough F.C.

    Stevenage Borough F.C. are an England association football club based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, currently playing in the Conference National....
    .
  • David Jordan
    David Jordan (singer)

    David Keith Jordan is an England singer-songwriter.Born to a mother from Montserrat and a father from Calcutta, Jordan has been writing Pop music-Rock music songs since he was 11 ....
     - A singer songwriter who has reached number 4 in the UK charts. His mother was from Montserrat.
  • Ruel Fox (footballer)
    Ruel Fox

    Ruel Adrian Fox is a former England Association football player of Montserratian and Antiguan descent who played for Norwich City F.C., Newcastle United F.C., Tottenham Hotspur F.C., and West Bromwich Albion F.C....
    —A football player, played for Norwich City, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and West Bromwich Albion. He is currently coach of non-league Whitton United F.C., who play in the Ridgeons League.
  • Maizie Williams
    Maizie Williams

    Maizie Ursula Williams was a member of the music group Boney M....
     - A member of the disco group Boney M
    Boney M

    Boney M. is a West Germany-based pop music and disco group created by West Germany record producer Frank Farian. The four original members of the group's official lineup were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett , Maizie Williams , and Bobby Farrell ....
    .
  • Herbert Daly - famous cook who now resides in Ottawa
    Ottawa

    Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The city has population of 812,000, the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population municipality in the country and second largest in Ontario....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
    .
  • Lionel Baker
    Lionel Baker

    Lionel Sionne Baker is a West Indies cricket team cricketer who has played first-class cricket for the Leeward Islands cricket team. He is the first person from Montserrat to have represented the West Indies at international cricket....
     - The first Montserratian to represent the West Indies in international cricket.(World Series Cricket
    World Series Cricket

    World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network....
     was not recognized by the ICC)


Demographics

Population: 4,819 (2007 estimate)

Note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; few have returned. Pre-eruption population was 13,000 in 1994.

Age structure:
  • 0-14 years: 23.4% (male 1,062; female 1,041)
  • 15-64 years: 65.3% (male 2,805; female 3,066)
  • 65 years and over: 11.3% (male 537; female 484) (2003 est.)


Median age:
  • total: 27.8 years
  • male: 27.7 years
  • female: 27.9 years (2002)


Population growth rate: 4.5% (2003 est.)

Birth rate: 17.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate: 7.34 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate: 195.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Sex ratio:
  • at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
  • under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
  • 15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
  • 65 years and over: 1.11 male(s)/female
  • total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2000 est.)


Infant mortality rate:
  • total: 7.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
  • female: 6.43 deaths/1,000 live births
  • male: 9.05 deaths/1,000 live births


Life expectancy at birth:
  • total population: 78.36 years
  • male: 76.24 years
  • female: 80.59 years (2003 est.)


Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS—adult prevalence rate: NA%

HIV/AIDS—people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS—deaths: NA

Nationality:
  • noun: Montserratian(s)
  • adjective: Montserratian


Ethnic groups: black, white—mainly of mixed Irish and African descent

Religions: Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations

Languages: English

Literacy:
  • definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
  • total population: 97%
  • male: 97%
  • female: 97% (1970 est.)


Culture


Cricket is a popular sport in Montserrat players from Montserrat are in fact eligible to play for the West Indies cricket team. Jim Allen
Jim Allen (cricketer)

James Charles "Jim" Allen is a former Montserratian first-class cricket cricketer who represented the World Series Cricket West Indians and is considered the greatest ever Montserrat sportsperson....
 was the first to play for West Indies and he represented the World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket

World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network....
 West Indians. No other player from Montserrat had gone on to represent West Indies until Lionel Baker
Lionel Baker

Lionel Sionne Baker is a West Indies cricket team cricketer who has played first-class cricket for the Leeward Islands cricket team. He is the first person from Montserrat to have represented the West Indies at international cricket....
 made his One Day International debut against Pakistan in November 2008.

Montserrat has its own FIFA
FIFA

The F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by its acronym, FIFA , is the international sport governing body of association football....
 Affiliated Football Team
Montserrat national football team

The Montserrat national football team represents the small Caribbean island of Montserrat in the CONCACAF football region. It was formed in 1973, and has entered Football World Cup qualifying three times, being eliminated in the first round on each occasion ....
, and has twice competed in the World Cup qualifiers. A field for the team was built near the airport by FIFA. The Montserrat team are currently tied for 199th place in the FIFA world rankings with eight other teams, including American Samoa and Guam. In 2002, the team competed in a friendly with the second-lowest-ranked team in FIFA at that time, Bhutan
Bhutan national football team

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, in The Other Final
The Other Final

The Other Final is a 2003 in film documentary film, directed by Johan Kramer, about a football match between Bhutan national football team and Montserrat national football team, the then-lowest ranked teams in the FIFA World Rankings....
- the same day as the final of the 2002 World Cup
2002 World Cup

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. Bhutan won 4-0.

Operation Montserrat

Currently, American and British elementary and middle school students are eligible to participate in an Operation Montserrat live simulation. This is a videoconference program based on events of 1996 in which a hurricane approaches and a volcanic eruption occur nearly at the same time. The students are responsible for rescuing all of the people. In the weeks leading up to this, they practice the skills they need in their classroom.

See also


External links

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