Oistins
Oistins 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,290 residents
- Description: town in Christ Church, Barbados
- Also known as: “Oistin’s Town”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Christ Church Parish Church and South Point Lighthouse.
Christ Church Parish Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The current Christ Church Parish Church located in Church Hill, Christ Church, Barbados was built in 1935 and is the fifth parish church on the site. At various times the previous structures have all been destroyed by natural disasters including flood, fire or hurricanes.
South Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
South Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the south of Barbados. Its height is 89 feet.
Sheraton Mall
Shopping center
The Sheraton Mall is a shopping and entertainment complex located close to the fringe of both Sargeants' Village and Vauxhall in the Parish of Christ Church, Barbados. Sheraton Mall is situated 3½ km northwest of Oistins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scarborough and Atlantic Shores.
Scarborough
Neighborhood
Scarborough is a populated place in the parish of Christ Church, Barbados. It is a coastal area located at the far southern tip of Barbados. Scarborough has only one road with "small shacks and houses" along it.
Atlantic Shores
Neighborhood
Atlantic Shores is a populated place in the parish of Christ Church, Barbados. It is a coastal area with beaches located on the south coast of Barbados.
Maxwell Hill
Suburb
Maxwell Hill is a town located in the province of Christ Church, Barbados. Maxwell Hill is also a shipping point where crops and sugar in nearby plantations are exported to other parts of the country.
Oistins
- Category: locality
- Location: Christ Church, Barbados, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
13.0632° or 13° 3′ 48″ northLongitude
-59.54224° or 59° 32′ 32″ westPopulation
2,290Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)United Nations Location Code
BB OSTOpen location code
78523F75+74OpenStreetMap ID
node 4896757024OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Oistins” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Oistins”
- Chinese: “奥伊斯廷斯”
- Dutch: “Oistins”
- Esperanto: “Oistins”
- French: “Oistins”
- German: “Oistins”
- Greek: “Όιστινς”
- Hebrew: “אויסטינס”
- Icelandic: “Oistins”
- Italian: “Oistins”
- Japanese: “オイスティンズ”
- Lithuanian: “Oistinsas”
- Persian: “اویستینز”
- Polish: “Oistins”
- Portuguese: “Oistins”
- Russian: “Ойстинс”
- Spanish: “Oistins”
- Swedish: “Oistins”
- Tok Pisin: “Oistins”
- Urdu: “اوئسٹنس”
- Wu Chinese: “奥伊斯廷斯”
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Highlights include Stage and Berinda Cox Fish Market.
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