Liberta, Antigua and Barbuda

Liberta

Village of Liberta
Liberta Village of Liberta
Village
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	Coordinates: 17°02′N 61°47′W / 17.033°N 61.783°W
Country	Antigua and Barbuda
Island	Antigua
Parish	Saint Paul
Population (2011)
• Total	2,003
Demonym	Libertan
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Enumeration Districts (EDS)	Liberta-West_2 (70902); Liberta-SouthCen (71100); Liberta (70800); Liberta-West_1 (70901); And others;
	Note: Enumeration districts with a population less than 30 have not been included.

Liberta is a town located in Saint Paul Parish, on the island of Antigua in Antigua and Barbuda. It had a population of 2,560 in 2001.

It the third-largest town on Antigua. It is located in the southern island area, north of Falmouth Harbour and the port of Falmouth, to which it is connected by road.

History

Around the time of the 19th century British emancipation of slaves in British Antigua and Barbuda, a colonial plantation owner had financial troubles and was forced to sell off a part of her property in small lots. The ex-slaves in the neighbourhood bought up all the small freeholds, as they desired to own land in perpetuity. "Liberta", meaning liberty and honoring the freed people, became the settlement's name in 1835. By 1842, a painted signboard near its border read: "The Village of Liberta".

The new landowners immediately settled on the lots they had purchased, framed their houses, and cultivated their gardens. Besides working on nearby plantations, income was sometimes also earned working as mechanics at Nelson's Dockyard at Falmouth Harbour. Later on, their descendants also worked in other trades, such as tailors and shop keepers.

Education

Liberta Junior Secondary serves grades 1–9 in the village. There is a small steelpan orchestra there.

Demographics

Liberta has six enumeration districts.^[1]

Census data (2011)^[1]

Q48 Ethnic	Counts	%
African descendent	1,867	93.22%
Caucasian/White	12	0.58%
East Indian/India	7	0.37%
Mixed (Black/White)	5	0.26%
Mixed (Other)	54	2.70%
Hispanic	30	1.48%
Other	16	0.79%
Don't know/Not stated	12	0.58%
Total	2,003	100.00%

Q49 Religion	Counts	%
Adventist	520	26.06%
Anglican	132	6.60%
Baptist	55	2.77%
Church of God	45	2.23%
Evangelical	16	0.80%
Jehovah Witness	47	2.34%
Methodist	100	5.00%
Moravian	243	12.18%
Nazarene	13	0.64%
None/no religion	82	4.10%
Pentecostal	249	12.50%
Rastafarian	24	1.22%
Roman Catholic	98	4.89%
Weslyan Holiness	152	7.61%
Other	85	4.26%
Don't know/Not stated	136	6.81%
Total	1,995	100.00%
NotApp :	8

Q55 Internet Use	Counts	%
Yes	854	42.64%
No	1,112	55.51%
Don't know/Not stated	37	1.85%
Total	2,003	100.00%

Q58. Country of birth	Counts	%
Africa	3	0.16%
Other Latin or North American countries	4	0.21%
Antigua and Barbuda	1,467	73.25%
Other Caribbean countries	11	0.53%
Canada	1	0.05%
Other Asian countries	3	0.16%
Other European countries	1	0.05%
Dominica	42	2.12%
Dominican Republic	23	1.17%
Guyana	143	7.15%
Jamaica	166	8.26%
Montserrat	6	0.32%
St. Kitts and Nevis	5	0.26%
St. Lucia	12	0.58%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	13	0.64%
Trinidad and Tobago	4	0.21%
United Kingdom	14	0.69%
USA	57	2.86%
USVI United States Virgin Islands	14	0.69%
Not Stated	13	0.64%
Total	2,003	100.00%

Q71 Country of Citizenship 1	Counts	%
Antigua and Barbuda	1,705	85.12%
Other Caribbean countries	4	0.21%
Canada	1	0.05%
Other Asian and Middle Eastern countries	3	0.16%
Dominica	18	0.90%
Dominican Republic	17	0.85%
Guyana	85	4.24%
Jamaica	124	6.20%
Monsterrat	1	0.05%
St. Lucia	3	0.16%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	7	0.37%
United Kingdom	11	0.53%
USA	12	0.58%
Other countries	4	0.21%
Not Stated	7	0.37%
Total	2,003	100.00%

Q71 Country of Citizenship 2 (Country of Second Citizenship)	Counts	%
Other Caribbean countries	21	8.16%
Dominica	24	9.39%
Dominican Republic	8	3.27%
Guyana	67	25.71%
Jamaica	38	14.69%
Monsterrat	2	0.82%
St. Lucia	7	2.86%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	11	4.08%
Trinidad and Tobago	4	1.63%
United Kingdom	19	7.35%
USA	54	20.82%
Other countries	3	1.22%
Total	260	100.00%
NotApp :	1,743

Q91 Business Earning (Earnings a business made)	Counts	%
Under $1,000 EC per month	29	34.62%
1,000 to $1,999 EC per month	14	16.67%
2,000 to $2,999 EC per month	15	17.95%
3,000 to $4,999 EC per month	13	15.38%
$5,000 EC and over per month	13	15.38%
Total	83	100.00%
NotApp :	1,891
Missing :	30

Employment status	Counts	%
Employed	925	62.60%
Unemployed	97	6.53%
Inactive	442	29.94%
Not stated	14	0.93%
Total	1,478	100.00%
NotApp :	525

Q117 MoneyOverseas (Money from friends and relatives overseas)	Counts	%
Under 100 EC$	1,447	97.92%
100 to 499 EC$	10	0.65%
500 to 999 EC$	3	0.22%
1,000 to 1,999 EC$	8	0.57%
2,000 to 4,999 EC$	5	0.36%
5,000 to 99,999 EC$	4	0.29%
Total	1,478	100.00%
NotApp :	525

Enumeration districts

70800 Liberta
70901 Liberta-West_1
70902 Liberta-West_2
71000 Liberta-North Central
71100 Liberta-South Central
71200 Liberta-SouthWest

References

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v t e Populated places of Antigua and Barbuda
Largest city: St. John's
Saint George	Barnes Hill Carlisle Coolidge Crosbies Fitches Creek Gunthorpes New Winthorpes Osbourn Paynters Piggotts Sea View Farm Sugar Factory Upper Lightfoot
Saint John	Adelin Belmont Bendals Blue Waters Branns Hamlet Buckleys Cedar Grove Cedar Valley Clare Hall Clarkes Hill Crosbies Emanuel Five Islands Golden Grove Greenbay Herberts Nut Grove Ottos Potters Radio Range Skyline St. Claire St. John's St. Johnston Tomlinson Upper Gamble's Villa Yeptons
Saint Mary	Bishops Blubber Valley Bolans Cades Bay Cedar Hall Claremont Crabs Hill Ebenezer Glebe Jennings John Hughes Johnsons Point New Division Old Road Orange Valley Mill Sawcolts Seaforths Urlings Yorks
Saint Paul	Bethesda Burkes Christian Hill Delaps Dieppe Bay English Harbour Falmouth Liberta Mathews Pattersons Swetes Table Hill Gardens
Saint Peter	Diamonds Freemans Mercers Creek Pares Parham Vernons
Saint Philip	Collins Ffryes Freetown Glanvilles Montpelier Newfield Seatons St. Phillip's Willikies
Barbuda	Codrington Barbuda-North Barbuda-South Barbuda-East
Redonda	n/a

Liberta Village of Liberta
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Coordinates: 17°02′N 61°47′W / 17.033°N 61.783°W / 17.033; -61.783
Country	Antigua and Barbuda
Island	Antigua
Parish	Saint Paul
Population (2011)
• Total	2,003
Demonym	Libertan
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Enumeration Districts (EDS)	Liberta-West_2 (70902) Liberta-SouthCen (71100) Liberta (70800) Liberta-West_1 (70901) And others
Note: Enumeration districts with a population less than 30 have not been included.