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.
  • City with about 12,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 30 feet (10 metres)
  • Description: capital of the British Virgin Islands
  • Also known as
    “Road Harbour Town”
    “Road Town, British Virgin Islands”

Places of Interest

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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 .
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Latitude
18.42577° or 18° 25′ 33″ north
Longitude
-64.62309° or 64° 37′ 23″ west
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Open location code
77CQC9GG+8Q
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Road Town” goes by many names.
Road TownAfrikaans
رود تاونArabic
Road TownAragonese
Ռոդ ԹաունArmenian
Road TownAsturian
Roud TaunAzerbaijani
Road TownBasque
Род-ТаўнBelarusian
Роуд-ТаунBelarusian
Road TownBosnian
Роуд ТаунBulgarian
Road TownCatalan
Road TownCebuano
Род-ТаунChechen
罗德城Chinese
羅德城Chinese
Road TownCroatian
Road TownCzech
Road TownDanish
Road TownDutch
رود تاونEgyptian Arabic
Rod-TaŭnoEsperanto
Road TownFinnish
Road TownGalician
როუდ-ტაუნიGeorgian
Road TownGreek
Ρόουντ ΤάουνGreek
רואוד טאוןHebrew
Road TownHungarian
Road TownIcelandic
Road TownIdo
Road TownIndonesian
Road TownIrish
Road TownItalian
ロードタウンJapanese
Род-ТаунKazakh
로드타운Korean
Road TownLatin
RodtaunaLatvian
Road TownLithuanian
Rod TaunasLithuanian
Roud TaunasLithuanian
Роуд ТаунMacedonian
Road TownMin Nan Chinese
Road TownNorwegian
Road TownNorwegian Bokmål
Road TownNorwegian Nynorsk
Road TownNovial
Род-ТаунOssetian
رود تاونPersian
Road TownPolish
Road TownRomanian
Род-ТаунRussian
Road TownScots
Road TownSerbian
Roud TaunSerbian
Роуд ТаунSerbian
Road TownSerbo-Croatian
Road TownSlovak
Road TownSlovenian
Road TownSwahili
Road TownSwedish
ரோடு டவுன்Tamil
โรดทาวน์Thai
Road TownTumbuka
Road TownTurkish
Род-ТаунUkrainian
Road TownUrdu
روڈ ٹاونUrdu
Road TownVietnamese
Road TownWaray (Philippines)
罗德城Wu Chinese
Road TownYoruba
路鎮Yue Chinese

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