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Christiansted

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Christiansted (krĭs`chənstĕd'), town (2000 pop. 2,637), chief city of St. Croix Saint Croix , island (2000 pop. 53,234), 80 sq mi (207 sq km), the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, in the West Indies. Christiansted, on the northeast coast, is the island's leading town. Buck Island Reef National Monument is off the island's NE coast.
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, one of the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is a shipping port for sugar and rum; tourism is the leading industry. Founded in 1733, Christiansted served briefly as capital of the Danish West Indies. Colonial development of the Virgin Islands in the 18th and 19th cent. is commemorated in the

Christiansted National Historic Site (see National Parks and Monuments National Parks and Monuments

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Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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With the exception of a handful of places in Christiansted, and the Frederiksted Pier & park area, much of the rest of the island could use some serious attention.
The studio is more than four times the size of the former one, in Gallows Bay, Christiansted.
This concern was heightened at Portman Square after trainer Ferdy Murphy appeared to admit this summer on the television programme, Kenyon Confronts, that his horse, Christiansted, had been laid to lose a race at Fakenham.
 
 
 
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