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The Settlement is the main and only town on Anegada in the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. ==The Town== The Settlement lies near ''Lower Bay'' at the southeastern part of the island and has about 200 inhabitants. The coordinates are The center of this very small town, often also called "the Village", consists of the area along the main road. Besides the ''Government Administration Building'', a small medical clinic, a post office, a police building and a library there also are a few restaurants, the "Ocean Range Hotel", a bakery "Dotsy's Bakery" and a few small stores ((1 )). On the outskirts you can find "The Walls", a farming area circled by old stone walls. The enclosed fields were used to grow bananas, maize, sweet potatoes and other crops ((2 )). There is also the "Iguana Headstart Facility", a breeding farm for iguanas, mainly the Anegada Ground Iguana (or Anegada rock iguana, "Cyclura pinguis"). The farm is managed by the ''BVI National Parks Trust'' and the iguanas are released when they are large enough to survive in the wild ((3 )). The towns harbor is at ''Setting Point'' which is a popular place for sailboats, the harbor has connections with Road Town on Tortola thrice-weekly by ferries. The town's and the island's airport, the small ''Auguste George Airport'' (airport code "NGD") is about 1 mile northwest of the town. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Settlement, British Virgin Islands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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