Windwardside
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Windwardside is the second largest town on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba, aptly named for being on the windward side of the island.
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- Locality
- Windwardside
- Region
- Saba
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 418
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- Windwardside
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- Town
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- Windwardside as seen from Mount Scenery, with houses extending into The Level and Booby Hill
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- Map of Saba showing Windwardside
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- 400
- Settlement.population_total
- 418
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
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- auto
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- AST
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- -4
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- Aw
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- Official name
- Windwardside
- Population
- 418
- Elevation
- 403
- Image
- Windwardside.jpg
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Windwardside is the second largest town on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba, aptly named for being on the windward side of the island.
== History == The first permanent European settlements on Saba began in the 1640s. By the 1860s, Windwardside was one of 7 main districts on the island, with The Bottom, St. John's, Booby Hill, Hell's Gate, Mary's Point (Palmetto Point), and Middle Island. The Windwardside district had its own elected head, as did the other six districts. In 1860, the St. Paul's Conversion Church, Saba was built on the grounds of the former quarantine station in Windwardside. In 1865, the population of Windwardside was 573 inhabitants.
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