Road Town

Tortola is the capital island of the and Road Town is the capital city. There's not a lot to see, although the original architecture of little wooden houses housing some interesting shops, cafes and an art gallery or two and Cockroach Hall built on a huge rock on Main Street is not be missed.
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  • Type: City with 12,600 residents
  • Description: capital of the British Virgin Islands
  • Also known as: “Road Harbour Town”, “Road Town, British Virgin Islands”, “Roadtown”, “Roud Taunas”, “Роуд-Таун”, “Роўд-Таўн”, and “Роудтаун”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Tortola and Elmore Stoutt High School.

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is the capital island of the and Road Town is the capital city.

School
is a grade 7-12 secondary school in Road Town, .

Place of worship
St. William's Church is a Catholic church in Road Town, the capital of the .

Road Town

Latitude
18.42577° or 18° 25′ 33″ north
Longitude
-64.62309° or 64° 37′ 23″ west
Population
12,600
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
UN/LOCODE
VG RAD
Open location code
77CQC9GG+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 280972174
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3577430
Wiki­data ID
Q179431
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Road Town” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Road Town”
  • Arabic: “رود تاون”
  • Aragonese: “Road Town”
  • Armenian: “Ռոդ Թաուն”
  • Asturian: “Road Town”
  • Azerbaijani: “Roud Taun”
  • Basque: “Road Town”
  • Belarusian: “Род-Таўн”
  • Belarusian: “Роўд Таўн”
  • Bosnian: “Road Town”
  • Bulgarian: “Роуд Таун”
  • Catalan: “Road Town”
  • Cebuano: “Road Town”
  • Chechen: “Род-Таун”
  • Chinese: “罗德城”
  • Chinese: “羅德城”
  • Croatian: “Road Town”
  • Czech: “Road Town”
  • Danish: “Road Town”
  • Dutch: “Road Town”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رود تاون”
  • Esperanto: “Rod-Taŭno”
  • Finnish: “Road Town”
  • French: “Road Town”
  • Galician: “Road Town”
  • Georgian: “როუდ-ტაუნი”
  • German: “Road Town”
  • Greek: “Road Town”
  • Greek: “Ρόουντ Τάουν”
  • Hebrew: “רואוד טאון”
  • Hungarian: “Road Town”
  • Icelandic: “Road Town”
  • Ido: “Road Town”
  • Indonesian: “Road Town”
  • Irish: “Road Town”
  • Italian: “Road Town”
  • Japanese: “ロードタウン”
  • Kazakh: “Род-Таун”
  • Korean: “로드타운”
  • Latin: “Road Town”
  • Latvian: “Rodtauna”
  • Lithuanian: “Rod Taunas”
  • Macedonian: “Роуд Таун”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Road Town”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Road Town”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Road Town”
  • Norwegian: “Road Town”
  • Novial: “Road Town”
  • Ossetian: “Род-Таун”
  • Persian: “رود تاون”
  • Polish: “Road Town”
  • Portuguese: “Road Town”
  • Romanian: “Road Town”
  • Russian: “Род-Таун”
  • Scots: “Road Town”
  • Serbian: “Roud Taun”
  • Serbian: “Роуд Таун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Road Town”
  • Slovak: “Road Town”
  • Slovenian: “Road Town”
  • Spanish: “Road Town”
  • Swahili: “Road Town”
  • Swedish: “Road Town”
  • Tamil: “ரோடு டவுன்”
  • Thai: “โรดทาวน์”
  • Tumbuka: “Road Town”
  • Turkish: “Road Town”
  • Ukrainian: “Род-Таун”
  • Urdu: “روڈ ٹاون”
  • Vietnamese: “Road Town”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Road Town”
  • Wu Chinese: “罗德城”
  • Yoruba: “Road Town”
  • Yue Chinese: “路鎮”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Horsepath and Long Bush.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Virgin Islands Supreme Court and UP Cineplex.

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