Georgetown [1] ( eng. George Town ) - the capital of the Cayman Islands , possession of Great Britain in the Caribbean - and the port , is located on Grand Cayman Island .
Georgetown | |
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English George town | |
A country | Cayman Islands |
History and geography | |
Square | 29 km² |
Center height | 3m |
Timezone | UTC-5 |
Population | |
Population | 27,704 people ( 2010 ) |
Density | 955.31 people / km² |
Official language | English |
Digital identifiers | |
Telephone code | + 1-345 |
The city is the financial center of the Cayman Islands, there are offices of about 600 banking organizations. Also here is a cruise liner service center, a dock for cargo ships and several shopping centers. The city has an ( eng. Owen Roberts International Airport ).
Notes
- ↑ Caribbean Countries // World Atlas / comp. and prepare. to ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; Ch. ed. G. V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - p. 172-173. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).