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6 unusual facts about Saint Kitts and Nevis


Bloody River

Bloody River or Stone Fort River is a river or ghaut (locally called) in Saint Kitts (an island in the Caribbean) which starts from the South East Range, flows west of the village of Challengers and exits at Bloody Point.

Ernest Melville DuPorte

He began his education at the Charlestown Boys Primary School in Charlestown, where he excelled and drew the attention of H.C. Huggins, who awarded him a scholarship for secondary school studies at St. Kitts-Nevis Grammar School in Basseterre.

La festival de Capisterre

The area now holds four main settlements: Newton Ground village, St. Paul's village, Dieppe Bay Town, and Parson's Ground village, all separated from each other by miles of sugarcane fields.

Natal Mounted Rifles

The first depot was at Dundee, but, on the unit changing its name, this was transferred to Newcastle.

The Scout Association of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Presently, five Scout groups are in operation on Saint Kitts-the Saint Georges Scout Group, Sandy Point Scout Group, Newton Ground Scout Group, Verchild's Scout Group and the newest Irishtown Primary School Scout Group.

West Indies Power

West Indies Power is a geothermal power company registered in the Netherlands Antilles and with the head office in Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis.


2006–08 Cuban transfer of presidential duties

Along with well wishes from many leaders from around the world, the prime minister of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Denzil Douglas wished the "political legend" Castro a swift recovery on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Brick Kiln

Brick Kiln is a settlement in the east of the island of Nevis in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Butlers, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Butlers is a settlement in the east of the island of Nevis in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Church Ground, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Church Ground is a village on the island of Nevis in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Keith Walwyn

Kenford Keith Ian Walwyn (17 February 1956 – 15 April 2003), more commonly known as Keith Walwyn, was a Kittitian footballer who played as a striker.

Konris Maynard

Konris Maynard, or King Konris born 8 July 1983 on the island of St. Kitts, is most notable for having won the Saint Kitts and Nevis National Calypso Show four times in succession, a record only he holds.

Mannings, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Mannings, Saint Kitts and Nevis is a small town on the island of Nevis in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Newcastle, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Newcastle is a village on the northern coast of the island of Nevis in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Saint Kitts and Nevis at the Olympics

Saint Kitts and Nevis first participated at the Olympic Games in 1996 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then.

University of the Southern Caribbean

Malcolm Guishard – 1975 – Leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Deputy Premier Nevis.

West Indies Power

These projects, if completed, will make Saint Kitts and Nevis the first country in the Caribbean to utilize large-scale geothermal energy, and one of the least dependent nations in the world on fossil-fuels.

Zion, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Zion is a settlement in the southeast of the island of Nevis in Saint Kitts and Nevis.


see also

Bilzerian

Adam Bilzerian (born 1983), Saint Kitts and Nevis poker player and writer

Charles E. Mills Secondary School

The Charles E. Mills Secondary School (formerly Sandy Point High School) is a public high school in Sandy Point Town, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Music of Saint Kitts and Nevis

There is Inner City Fest in February in Molineaux Green Valley Festival usually around Whit Monday in village of Cayon, Easterama around Easter (April) in village of Sandy Point, Fest-Tab, around July-August in the village of Tabernacle, and La festival de Capisterre, around Independence Day in Saint Kitts and Nevis (19 September), in the Capisterre region.

Outline of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest nation on Earth to ever host a World Cup event; it was one of the host venues of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

Robert Bradshaw

Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw (1916–1978), former Premier and Chief Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, labor activist

Saddler

Saddlers, a town in Saint John Capesterre Parish, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Paul Capisterre

Saint Paul's is home to the current prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Denzil Douglas, and was also home to former premier, Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, who is the first national hero of Saint Kitts.

Tim Harris

Timothy Harris (born 1964), foreign minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis