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Kingstown
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Kingstown, town, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Kingstown, town (1989 est. pop. 19,300), capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies. The chief port of St. Vincent, Kingstown is an export center for the island's agricultural industry as well as a port of entry for tourists.

Kingstown, borough, Republic of Ireland

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Kingstown

Capital (pop., 1999 est.: 16,175), chief port of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies. Located on the southwestern end of Saint Vincent island, it overlooks Kingstown Harbour. Its sites of interest include the Botanic Gardens (founded 1763), the oldest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere; Capt. William Bligh made his 1787 voyage on the Bounty to obtain breadfruit trees from Tahiti for this garden.


Kingstown
the capital of St Vincent and the Grenadines: a port and resort. Pop.: 31 000 (2005 est.)


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