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___ Satellite View and Map of the City of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

 
Independence Square with fountain and Co-Cathedral of Immaculate Conception in Basseterre, Saint Kitts
Independence Square with fountain and Co-Cathedral of Immaculate Conception in Basseterre, Saint Kitts.
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About Basseterre

(Not to be confused with Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe).

Coat of Arms of St. Kitts and NevisSatellite view is showing Basseterre, the capital of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, located on the south western coast of Saint Kitts Island, the larger of the two Caribbean islands.

Basseterre was founded in 1627 by the French, it was the capital of the entire French West Indies colony, which included the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique until 1660. Today the city has a population of about 15,500 inhabitants. Official language is English.

Some Points of interest: Frigate Bay (bays), Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park (a 17th-century well-preserved fortress and a UNESCO World Heritage Site official website), Immaculate Conception Co-Cathedral, Independence Square (formerly a slave market, today the commercial and social center of Basseterre), St Kitts National Museum, Port Zante (harbor), Mount Liamuiga (hiking), St. Kitts Scenic Railway (island round trip)

The map shows a city map of Basseterre with expressways, main roads and streets, zoom out to find the location of Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport, the Golden Rock Airport (IATA code: SKB).

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Local Time Saint Kitts and Nevis:
Sunday-March-17  04:09  
Standard time zone: Atlantic Standard Time (AST); UTC/GMT -4 hours
 
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Google Earth: Searchable map/satellite view of Basseterre on
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City Coordinates: 17°18′N 62°44′W

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Other Cities (Islands) in the Caribbean:
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe), Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis), Bridgetown (Barbados), Castries (Saint Lucia), Charlotte Amalie (US Virgin Islands), Fort-de-France (Martinique), Hamilton (Bermuda), Havana (Cuba), Kingston (Jamaica), Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Nassau (Bahamas), Oranjestad (Aruba), Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Port-of-Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Roseau (Dominica), Saint George's (Grenada), Saint John's (Antigua and Barbuda), Saint Martin (Sint Maarten), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic),
The Valley (Anguilla), Willemstad (Curaçao)
 

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