Antigua
Antigua is the larger of the two main islands that make up Antigua and Barbuda. It is a beautiful getaway and many tourists enjoy the really energetic island culture but also the peace and tranquility that the surrounding seas bring.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations: Saint John’s and Falmouth.
Falmouth
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include All Saints and Liberta.
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Antigua
- Type: Island with 69,000 residents
- Description: island in Antigua and Barbuda
- Also known as: “Antigoa”, “Antigua-Guatemala”, “Antigue”, “Antigura”, “Insula antigua”, “Isla de Antigua”, “Island of Antigua”, “Wadadli”, “Waladli”, “Остров Антигуа”, “ودادلي”, “अँटिग्वा”, “अँटीगा”, and “अँटीग्वा”
- Location: Antigua and Barbuda, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
17.06° or 17° 3′ 36″ north
Longitude
-61.8° or 61° 48′ west
Population
69,000
Elevation
70 metres (230 feet)
IATA airport code
ANU
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Antigua and Barbuda Creole English to Yue Chinese—“Antigua” goes by many names.
- Antigua and Barbuda Creole English: “Aanteega”
- Arabic: “أنتيغوا”
- Armenian: “Անտիգուա”
- Basque: “Antigua”
- Belarusian: “Антыгуа”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Антыгуа”
- Bengali: “অ্যান্টিগা”
- Bengali: “অ্যান্টিগুয়া”
- Breton: “Antigua”
- Catalan: “Illa d’Antigua”
- Catalan: “Illa dAntigua”
- Cebuano: “Antigua Island”
- Central Bikol: “Antigua”
- Chechen: “Антигуа”
- Chinese: “安地卡島”
- Chinese: “安提瓜岛”
- Chinese: “安提瓜島”
- Czech: “Antigua”
- Danish: “Antigua”
- Dutch: “Antigua”
- Esperanto: “Antigvo”
- Estonian: “Antigua”
- Finnish: “Antigua”
- French: “Antigua”
- Galician: “Illa Antiga”
- Georgian: “ანტიგუა”
- German: “Antigua”
- Greek: “Αντίγκουα”
- Haitian: “Antigwa”
- Hebrew: “אנטיגואה”
- Hindi: “अण्टीगुआ”
- Hindi: “एंटीगा”
- Hungarian: “Antigua”
- Indonesian: “Antigua”
- Italian: “Antigua”
- Japanese: “アンティグア島”
- Korean: “앤티가섬”
- Latin: “Antiqua”
- Latvian: “Antigva”
- Limburgan: “Antigua”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Antigua”
- Lithuanian: “Antigva”
- Lombard: “Antigua”
- Luxembourgish: “Antigua”
- Macedonian: “Антигва”
- Maori: “Moutere Nehe”
- Marathi: “अँटिगा”
- Mingrelian: “ანტიგუა”
- Northern Frisian: “Antiigua (Eilun)”
- Northern Frisian: “Antiigua”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Antigua”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Antigua”
- Norwegian: “Antigua”
- Papiamento: “Antigua”
- Persian: “آنتیگوآ”
- Persian: “آنتیگوا”
- Piemontese: “Antigua”
- Polish: “Antigua”
- Portuguese: “Antígua”
- Romanian: “Antigua”
- Russian: “Антигуа”
- Santali: “ᱟᱱᱴᱤᱜᱩᱣᱟ”
- Saterfriesisch: “Antigua”
- Scots: “Antigua”
- Serbian: “Антигва”
- Slovak: “Antigua”
- Slovenian: “Antigva”
- Spanish: “Isla Antigua”
- Spanish: “Santa María de la Antigua” (historical)
- Swedish: “Antigua”
- Tagalog: “Antigua”
- Tajik: “Антигуа”
- Tamil: “அண்டிக்குவா”
- Tatar: “Антигуа”
- Turkish: “Antigua”
- Ukrainian: “Антигуа”
- Urdu: “اینٹیگوا”
- Uzbek: “Antigua”
- Vietnamese: “Antigua”
- Waray (Philippines): “Antigua”
- Welsh: “Antiga”
- Welsh: “Antigua”
- Western Frisian: “Antigûa”
- Wu Chinese: “安提瓜岛”
- Yoruba: “Ántígúà”
- Yue Chinese: “安提瓜島”
- “Antigua”
- “ma lili Anteka”
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