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Anguilla is subdivided into fourteen districts. The Anguilla Statistics Unit has published some of the results of the 2001 Census . The tables include population data for the districts of Anguilla from the last four censuses. Anguilla's population censuses were taken on 1960-04-07 (data not available), 1974-04-17, 1984-04-10, 1992-04-13, and 2001-05-09.

Unfortunately for our understanding of Anguilla's administrative geography, the map  accompanying the census report shows not the districts, but ten geographic regions. The relationship between some of the districts and some of the regions can't be deduced from the information given on the site.

Country overview: 

Short name	ANGUILLA
ISO code	AI
FIPS code	AV
Language	English (en)
Time zone	-4
Capital	The Valley

 

At the beginning of the 20th century, Anguilla was part of the Leeward Islands, a British colony which consisted of five presidencies. On 1956-06-30, each presidency became a separate colony. Anguilla belonged to the colony of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. Anguilla seceded unilaterally on 1967-06-16 from this colony. It was fully recognized as a separate dependency by the mother country on 1980-12-19.

Other names of country: 

1. Dutch: Anguila
2. French: Anguilla f
3. Italian: Anguilla
4. Portuguese: Anguila
5. Russian: Ангилья
6. Spanish: Anguila
7. Turkish: Anguilla

Origin of name: 

Named by Columbus < Spanish anguila = eel, from the shape of the island

Primary subdivisions: 

Anguilla is divided into fourteen districts.

District	HASC	1974	1984	1992	2001
Blowing Point	AI.BP	501	463	802	779
East End	AI.EE	476	420	672	614
George Hill	AI.GH	304	492	635	791
Island Harbour	AI.IH	613	672	744	855
North Hill	AI.NH	313	288	410	439
North Side	AI.NS			667	1,195
Sandy Ground	AI.SG	242	224	247	274
Sandy Hill	AI.SH	314	376	364	557
South Hill	AI.SO	774	961	1,102	1,495
Stoney Ground	AI.ST	713		949	1,133
The Farrington	AI.TF		222	304	546
The Quarter (including Rey Hill)	AI.TQ	742	424	654	978
The Valley (including Upper & South Valley)	AI.TV	1,048	1,709	795	1,169
West End (including Long Bay)	AI.WE	479	402	611	736
14 districts		6,519	6,653	8,960	11,561
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. Years: District populations for the given census year.

 

The report notes that "[the population of] North Side [district] was probably included with The Valley and Stoney Ground with Sandy Hill in 1984."

These are the geographic regions and their 2001 populations, according to the census report . The total for the regions differs by one person from the total for the districts. I have no way to account for this.

Region	Population
#1 West End	736
#2 South Hill North	1,354
#3 Blowing Point & South Hill East	1,422
#4 Little Harbour, North Hill, Sandy Ground & West Old Ta	1,090
#5 East Old Ta, Rey Hill, The Forest & Long Ground	1,051
#6 Valley South, Quarter & Crocus Hill	1,151
#7 Valley North & North Side	830
#8 Stoney Ground	1,497
#9 East End, The Farrington & Sandy Hill Bay	1,103
#10 Island Harbour	1,326
10 regions	11,560

Postal codes: 

On 2007-10-09, Anguilla adopted AI-2640 as the postal code for the whole country. This may be part of a move towards a system of postal codes for the countries of the East Caribbean.

Territorial extent: 

Includes a few small islands and cays, among the larger: Dog Island, Prickly Pear Cays, Scrub Island, Seal Islands, Sombrero Island.

Change history: 

According to "Provinces and Provincial Capitals of the World, Second Edition", by Morris Fisher (1985), Anguilla was divided into seven settlements. Their names were Blowing Point Village, Island Harbour, Long Bay Village, Mount Fortune, Sandy Ground Village, The Valley, and West End Village.