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Updates: 

FIPS PUB 10-4 Change Notice 13 was issued on 2008-02-04. A code has been created for Redonda, formerly unnoted by the standard. It has been added to the table.

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-8, published on 2007-04-17, has new ISO parish codes for Antigua and Barbuda. They are shown in the table below. They replace codes from a draft version, ISO/DIS 2166-2, which had not been supported. (The current document uses the name "Saint John's" instead of "Saint John".)

"Antigua and Barbuda: a Legacy of Environmental Degradation, Policy Failure, and Coastal Decline" by Klaus de Albuquerque and Jerome L. McElroy is an online document  from the Environmental and Natural Resources Policy and Training Project (EPAT). It includes population figures from three censuses, which I have placed in the Population history section. I also used them to replace the rounded figures in the main table. Celvin Ruisdael provided this reference.

A review of available information indicates that Redonda, although uninhabited, is considered a separate dependency from Barbuda. I have added it to the table (but left the HASC code for Barbuda unchanged).

International standard ISO 3166-2 was published on December 15, 1998. It superseded ISO/DIS 3166-2 (draft international standard). For Antigua, the draft standard showed seven parishes with their codes. The final standard mentions that there are seven parishes, but declines to specify names or codes. It says that these divisions are "not relevant".

Country overview: 

Short name	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ISO code	AG
FIPS code	AC
Language	English (en)
Time zone	-4
Capital	Saint John's

 

At the beginning of the 20th century, Antigua was one of five presidencies of the Leeward Islands, a British colony. On 1956-06-30, each presidency became a separate colony. On 1981-11-01, Antigua was granted full independence, and renamed Antigua and Barbuda.

Other names of country: 

1. Danish: Antigua og Barbuda
2. Dutch: Antigua en Barbuda
3. Finnish: Antigua ja Barbuda
4. French: Antigua et Barbuda f
5. German: Antigua und Barbuda n
6. Icelandic: Antigúa og Barbúda
7. Italian: Antigua e Barbuda
8. Norwegian: Antigua og Barbuda
9. Portuguese: Antígua f e Barbuda f (n in Portugal)
10. Spanish: Antigua y Barbuda
11. Swedish: Antigua och Barbuda

Origin of name: 

Antigua was named by Columbus after Santa Maria la Antigua, a chapel in Seville (Spanish antigua: ancient).

Primary subdivisions: 

Antigua and Barbuda is divided into six parishes and two dependencies.

Parish	HASC	ISO	FIPS	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Barbuda	AG.BB	10	AC01	1,241	161	62	Codrington
Redonda	AG.RD		AC09	0	1	1
Saint George	AG.GE	03	AC03	4,473	26	10	Parham
Saint John	AG.JO	04	AC04	35,635	68	26	Saint John's
Saint Mary	AG.MA	05	AC05	5,303	65	25	Bolands
Saint Paul	AG.PA	06	AC06	6,117	46	18	Nelson's Dockyard
Saint Peter	AG.PE	07	AC07	3,622	33	13	Parham
Saint Philip	AG.PH	08	AC08	2,964	41	16	Carlisle
8 divisions				59,355	441	171
Parish: Barbuda and Redonda are dependencies. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Parish codes from ISO/DIS 3166-2. For full identification in a global context, prefix "AG-" to the code (ex: AG-04 represents Saint John). FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4, a U.S. government standard. Population: 1991-05-28 census.

Territorial extent: 

Antigua Island, and several closely adjacent islands such as Guana Island and Long Island, are partitioned by the six parishes. Barbuda Island, with its adjacent islets, forms the dependency of Barbuda. Redonda Island forms another dependency. Redonda is actually nearer to Montserrat than to Antigua.

Origins of names: 

1. Barbuda: thought to be named, like Barbados, for wild fig trees whose aerial roots give them a bearded appearance.
2. Redonda: Island was named Nuestra Señora de la Redonda by Columbus (Spanish redonda: round).

Change history: 

1. 1872: According to the Museum of Antigua and Barbuda's history  page, Redonda became part of Saint John's parish.
2. 1967-02: Redonda became a dependency of Antigua and Barbuda.

Other names of subdivisions: 

Some sources show the saints' names in the possessive, e.g. Saint George's parish.

Population history:

Parish	1960-04-07	1970-04-07	1991-05-28
Barbuda	1,143	1,071	1,241
Saint George	3,644	4,495	4,473
Saint John	28,953	35,669	35,635
Saint Mary	6,798	6,836	5,303
Saint Paul	6,447	7,103	6,117
Saint Peter	3,192	4,479	3,622
Saint Phillip	4,127	5,141	2,964
Totals	54,304	64,794	59,355

 

Notes: 1960 data are de facto population. 1970 data are calculated from sampling. 1991 data are generated resident population.