Marigot, Dominica
Marigot is the largest town in Saint Andrew Parish, in northeastern Dominica. It has about 2,676 people (2001 census) and is home to a Fisheries Complex and the island’s main airport, Melville Hall.
The main language is Kokoy, a Creole dialect from Antiguan and Montserratian settlers.
Marigot has produced many notable people, including Wills Stratmore Stevens, B.O. Robinson, Doctor Watts, Edison James (former Prime Minister), cricket umpire Billy Doctrove, former Police Commissioner O. N. Philip, Customs Comptroller Victoria Watty, Allan Jerry E. Samuel (the youngest Caribbean parliamentarian), and Lennox Linton (current Opposition Leader).
The village grew around the John Weir plantation, and today stretches from Pagua Bay to Melville Hall. One district, Weirs, is named after the plantation owner. The Melville Hall Estate, once a major plantation, was owned by Robert Melville in the colonial era and used enslaved labor before emancipation.
Marigot, like Wesley, has a strong Methodist influence due to historical free laborers who worked the northeast sugar estates. People in the Wesley–Marigot area speak Kokoy.
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