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Blowing Point is a village and one of the fourteen Districts of Anguila, located on the southern coast. It is home to Anguilla's ferry terminal.
Transport
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Ferry Terminal
[edit source]There are regular ferries from St. Martin to Anguilla providing a half hour service. It is a 20-minute crossing from Marigot to Blowing Point. Ferries commence service from 7:00 AM. There are also a charter services, from Blowing Point to Princess Juliana Airport which connect to in- and outgoing international flights.[1] In 2007, 188,176 of the 271,959 people (both visitors and residents) entered Anguilla via the ferry terminal.[2] This way of travel is the most common method of transport between Anguilla and St. Martin or Sint Maarten. The exiting terminal was redesigned and was opened in 2023.[3]
Demographics
[edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 501 | — |
| 1984 | 463 | −7.6% |
| 1994 | 802 | +73.2% |
| 2001 | 779 | −2.9% |
| 2011 | 870 | +11.7% |
| Source: Statoids.com[4] | ||
Notable people
[edit source]- Germain Hughes (born 1996), footballer[5]
References
[edit source]- ↑ Jacobs Consultancy 2008, p. 7.
- ↑ Jacobs Consultancy 2008, p. 17.
- ↑ "NEW BLOWING POINT FERRY TERMINAL TO ELEVATE TRAVELLER EXPERIENCE". The Anguillian. Archived from the original on 1 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ↑ "Anguilla census data". Statoids.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ↑ "Germain Hughes - Player Info". Global Sports Archive. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
Bibliography
[edit source]- Jacobs Consultancy (2008). "MASTER PLAN PORT OF BLOWING POINT, ANGUILLA" (PDF). Canada. (dead link)
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