Saint Kitts
Saint Kitts is the larger of the two islands that make up the small Caribbean island nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Basseterre.
Basseterre
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Basseterre on the west coast of the island of Saint Kitts is the capital city of the two-island nation, the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Basseterre is one of the oldest towns in the Eastern Caribbean, but most of the city structures were built after the great fire of 1867.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Olivees Mountain and Central Forest Reserve National Park.
Olivees Mountain
Peak
Olivees Mountain is the third highest peak on the island of Saint Kitts in the Caribbean.
Central Forest Reserve National Park
Nature reserve
Central Forest Reserve National Park is the second national park to be designated in the Saint Kitts and Nevis. It was designated a National Park by the government on 23 October 2006, and officially gazetted on 29 March 2007.
Windsor University School of Medicine
University
Windsor University School of Medicine is a private offshore Caribbean medical school located in Cayon, Saint Mary Cayon Parish, Saint Kitts and Nevis. Windsor confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine degree.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cayon and Monkey Hill.
Cayon
Town
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Cayon is a town on the northeast coast of Saint Kitts in the Caribbean. It is the capital of Saint Mary Cayon Parish. The estimated population in 2010 was 2,500.
Monkey Hill
Town
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Monkey Hill is a town in the southeast of the island of Saint Kitts, in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Old Road Town
Town
Old Road Town is a town located on the west coast of Saint Kitts island in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is in Saint Thomas Middle Island Parish, and just to the east of Middle Island town. Its current population is estimated at 1,647.
Saint Kitts
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Also known as: “Liamuiga”, “Saint Christopher Island”, “Saint Christopher’s”, “St Kitts”, “St. Christopher”, “St. Christopher’s”, and “St. Kitts”
- Historically known as: “Saint Christopher”
- Categories: first-level administrative division, federated state, and landform
- Location: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Saint Kitts” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سانت كيتس”
- Basque: “Saint Kitts”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Сент-Кітс”
- Belarusian: “Сент-Кітс”
- Bengali: “সেন্ট কিটস”
- Bengali: “সেন্ট ক্রিস্টোফার দ্বীপ”
- Breton: “Saint Kitts”
- Breton: “Saint-Kitts”
- Breton: “Sant Kitts”
- Catalan: “Saint Kitts”
- Cebuano: “Saint Christopher”
- Chinese: “圣基茨岛”
- Chinese: “聖基茨島”
- Czech: “Svatý Kryštof”
- Danish: “Saint Kitts”
- Danish: “St Kitts”
- Danish: “St. Kitts”
- Dutch: “Saint Kitts”
- Dutch: “Sint Kitts”
- Dutch: “St. Kitts”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Sankta Kito”
- Esperanto: “Sankta Kito”
- Estonian: “Saint Christopheri saar”
- Estonian: “Saint Kitts”
- Estonian: “St. Kitts”
- Finnish: “Saint Kitts”
- French: “île Saint-Christophe”
- French: “Île Saint-Christophe”
- French: “Saint-Christophe”
- French: “Saint-Kitts”
- Galician: “Saint Kitts”
- German: “Saint Christopher”
- German: “Saint Kitts”
- German: “St. Christopher”
- German: “St. Kitts”
- Greek: “Άγιος Χριστόφορος”
- Hebrew: “סנט קיטס”
- Hindi: “सेंट किट्स”
- Indonesian: “Saint Kitts”
- Italian: “Saint Kitts”
- Italian: “St Kitts”
- Italian: “St. Kitts”
- Japanese: “セント・キッツ島”
- Japanese: “セントキッツ島”
- Japanese: “セントクリストファー島”
- Korean: “세인트키츠섬”
- Latin: “Insula Sancti Christophori”
- Latvian: “Sentkitsa”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “San Kitts”
- Lithuanian: “Sent Kitsas”
- Lithuanian: “Sent Kristofas”
- Lithuanian: “Sent Kristoferis”
- Macedonian: “Свети Кристофер”
- Malay: “Saint Kitts”
- Northern Frisian: “Saint Kitts (Eilun)”
- Northern Frisian: “Saint Kitts”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint Christopher”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint Kitts”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St Kitts”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Kitts”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint Kitts”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sankt Kitts”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Kitts”
- Norwegian: “Saint Kitts”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Sant Cristòl”
- Papiamento: “Sint Kitts”
- Persian: “سنت کیتس”
- Polish: “Saint Christopher”
- Polish: “Saint Kitts”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de São Cristóvão”
- Portuguese: “Saint Kitts”
- Portuguese: “São Cristóvão”
- Romanian: “Saint Kitts”
- Romanian: “St. Kitts”
- Russian: “Сент-Китс”
- Russian: “Сент-Киттс”
- Russian: “Сент-Кристофер”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Naomh Crìstean”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Saint Kitts”
- Serbian: “Saint Kitts”
- Serbian: “Sent Kits”
- Serbian: “Свети Китс”
- Serbian: “Сент Китс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Saint Kitts”
- Slovenian: “Sveti Krištof”
- Spanish: “Isla de San Cristobal”
- Spanish: “Isla de San Cristóbal”
- Swedish: “S:t Christopher”
- Swedish: “S:t Kitts”
- Swedish: “Saint Christopher”
- Swedish: “Saint Kitts”
- Swedish: “St. Christopher”
- Swedish: “St. Kitts”
- Tamil: “செயிண்ட் கிட்சு”
- Telugu: “సెయంట్ కిట్స్, నెవిస్”
- Thai: “Saint Kitts”
- Thai: “เกาะเซนต์คริสโตเฟอร์”
- Thai: “เกาะเซนต์คิตส์”
- Thai: “เซนต์คิตส์”
- Turkish: “Saint Kitts”
- Ukrainian: “Сент-Кіттс”
- Urdu: “سینٹ کیٹز”
- Vietnamese: “Saint Kitts”
- Welsh: “Saint Kitts”
- Welsh: “Sant Kitts”
- Yue Chinese: “聖傑氏島”
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