Capital City |
Plymouth; note - Plymouth was abandoned in 1997 because of volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate, the de facto capital, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat |
Capital location |
16 42 N, 62 13 W |
Capital - history |
now entirely deserted because of volcanic activity, the city was originally named after Plymouth, England; de jure, Plymouth remains the capital city of Montserrat; it is therefore the only ghost town that serves as the capital of a political entity |
Capital - time difference |
UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |