Parishes of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Updates: 

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-8, published on 2007-04-17, has new ISO parish codes for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. They are shown in the table below. They replace codes from a draft version, ISO/DIS 2166-2, which had not been supported.

Country overview: 

Saint Vincent was a British colony until it became independent on 1979-10-27, taking its present name.

Other names of country: 

1. Danish: Saint Vincent og Grenadinerne
2. Dutch: Sint Vincent, Saint Vincent en de Grenadines
3. Finnish: Saint Vincent ja Grenadiinit
4. French: Saint-Vincent-et-Grenadines, Saint-Vincent-et-les Grenadines
5. German: Sankt Vincent und die Grenadinen n
6. Icelandic: Sankti Vinsent og Grenadíneyjar
7. Italian: Saint Vincent e Grenadine
8. Norwegian: Saint Vincent og Grenadinene (Bokmål), Saint Vincent og Grenadinane (Nynorsk)
9. Portuguese: São Vincente e Granadinas, São Vicente e Granadinas
10. Spanish: San Vicente y las Granadinas fp
11. Swedish: Saint Vincent och Grenadinerna

Origin of name: 

Saint Vincent named for the saint; Grenadines is an island group, named for its largest island, Grenada (which is a separate country)

Primary subdivisions: 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is divided into six parishes.

Territorial extent: 

All of the parishes except Grenadines are mostly or entirely on Saint Vincent island.

1. Charlotte includes the Cow and Calves, rocks off the north shore of Saint Vincent.
2. Grenadines includes the northern Grenadine Islands, from Petit Saint Vincent in the south to Bequia in the north. The largest islands are Bequia, Mustique, Canouan, and Union.
3. Saint George includes the offshore islets Milligan Cay and Young Island.