Brades

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Brades is a town on the Caribbean island of Montserrat that serves as the territory’s temporary administrative and commercial center following the abandonment of Plymouth due to volcanic activity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Brades canonical 6
Brades (de facto) 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
administrativeStatus seat of many government offices of Montserrat
causeOfPreviousCapitalAbandonment eruptions of the Soufrière Hills volcano
climate tropical climate
commercialStatus main commercial hub of Montserrat (post-Plymouth)
country Montserrat
currencyCode XCD
deFactoCapitalOf Montserrat
formerCapitalReplaced Plymouth
governingCountry United Kingdom
hasFunction seat of government of Montserrat (de facto)
hasNearbyAirport John A. Osborne Airport
locatedIn British Overseas Territory of Montserrat
Montserrat
locatedInArchipelago Leeward Islands
locatedInBodyOfWater Caribbean Sea
locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
locatedInRegion Caribbean
locatedInSubregion Lesser Antilles
locatedOnIsland Montserrat
officialLanguage English
partOf North of the exclusion zone established around Soufrière Hills volcano
Northern District of Montserrat (broadly northern part of island)
reasonForStatus abandonment of Plymouth due to volcanic activity
replaced Plymouth as de facto capital of Montserrat
role temporary administrative centre of Montserrat
temporary commercial centre of Montserrat
status inhabited
timePeriod became administrative centre after abandonment of Plymouth in the late 1990s
timeZone Atlantic Time Zone
surface form: Atlantic Standard Time
transportConnection served by ferry links to Antigua and other islands
usesCurrency East Caribbean dollar
surface form: Eastern Caribbean dollar
utcOffset −04:00

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Montserrat deFactoCapital Brades
Montserrat largestCity Brades
The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean capital Brades
this entity surface form: Brades (de facto)