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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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 NERFINISHED
currencyCode XCD
deFactoCapitalOf Montserrat NERFINISHED
formerCapitalReplaced Plymouth NERFINISHED
governingCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
hasFunction seat of government of Montserrat (de facto)
hasNearbyAirport John A. Osborne Airport NERFINISHED
locatedIn British Overseas Territory of Montserrat NERFINISHED
Montserrat NERFINISHED
locatedInArchipelago Leeward Islands NERFINISHED
locatedInBodyOfWater Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED
locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED
Western Hemisphere NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Caribbean NERFINISHED
locatedInSubregion Lesser Antilles NERFINISHED
locatedOnIsland Montserrat NERFINISHED
officialLanguage English
partOf North of the exclusion zone established around Soufrière Hills volcano
Northern District of Montserrat (broadly northern part of island) NERFINISHED
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 Standard Time NERFINISHED
transportConnection served by ferry links to Antigua and other islands
usesCurrency Eastern Caribbean dollar NERFINISHED
utcOffset −04:00

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Montserrat deFactoCapital Brades
Montserrat largestCity Brades