Urlings
Urlings | |
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Village | |
Urlings in June 2023 | |
| Coordinates: 17°1′29″N 61°52′22″W / 17.02472°N 61.87278°W | |
| Country | Antigua and Barbuda |
| Island | Antigua |
| Civil parish | Saint Mary |
| Government | |
| • Member of Parliament | Kelvin Simon |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.0 km2 (0.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 738 |
| • Density | 753/km2 (1,951/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Urlingsian |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| Airport | V.C. Bird International Airport, in another town, 15.57 km |
| Constituency | St. Mary's South |
| Location |
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Urlings is a village in Saint Mary, and the twenty-sixth largest settlement in Antigua and Barbuda. Urlings is located in the southwest of Antigua and has a history dating to before 1856. Urlings started as a small coastal village with a little over 100 people in the 1800s to now being one of the country's more medium sized towns. Urlings is separated from the rest of Antigua by the Shekerley Mountains. Urlings is located between the communities of Johnsons Point and Old Road. Urlings has a seafood festival, a community association, a primary school, a playing field, a fisheries complex, and a cricket club that plays in the Village Parish League.