Administrative districts
The five administrative subdivisions mentioned on some web pages are just statistical divisions, without any administrative relevance:
Subdivision Main town Areakm2 Population(2010 census) Anegada The Settlement 38.6 285 Jost Van Dyke Belle Vue (Jost Van Dyke) 8.3 298 Tortola Road Town 59.2 23,419 Virgin Gorda Spanish Town 21.2 3,939 Other Islands Great Harbour (Peter Island) 23.7 122British Virgin IslandsRoad Town 151.0 28,054
The "Other Islands" are mainly the islands south of Tortola (separated from it by the Sir Francis Drake Channel and southwest of Virgin Gorda and detached Ginger Island, mainly Norman Island, Peter Island, Cooper Island and Salt Island. These islands are also known under the informal name Little Sisters or Southern Islands.
The present-day Administrative Districts of the British Virgin Islands were established since 2003, following the provisions of the Sister Islands Programme, 2003.
Tortola, the surrounding islets, and the Little Sisters/Southern Islands are directly administered by the BVI Government, as an "Island". The 3 "Sister Islands", including the neighbouring islets, are administered through 3 Districts, run by District Officers, under the Deputy Governor of the BVIGovernment document bvi.gov.vg Budget Estimates.pdf "in order to monitor, promote and facilitate the delivery of Government services to the sister islands of Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke". This administrative setting is similar to that of some existing or former British dependencies - The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, or the Cook Islands - among others.
The Sister Islands Programme, 2003, establishes a Coordinator which works with, and supervises the District Officers, as a liaison with the central government.Wheatley Sister Islands Appointed Programme Coordinator There are no local government structures in the Territory.
Civil registry districts
There are six Civil Registry Districts in the British Virgin Islands:
Civil Registry District AreaDistrict AVirgin GordaDistrict BAnegadaDistrict C East End (Tortola)District DRoad Town (Tortola)District E West End (Tortola)District FJost Van Dyke Civil Registry Districts C, D and E are subdivisions of the main island Tortola.
Electoral districts By the Constitution and Elections Ordinance 1954, which established a new Legislative Council with an elected majority, the presidency was divided into five districts. Road Town District (area of the capital) sent two members to the legislative council, the other districts one each. A new constitution of 1967 provided for seven electoral districts, with one representative per district. In 1977, the number of electoral districts was augmented to nine. Each electoral district sends a member to the Legislative Council, which has 13 seats (including four at large members).
Electoral District AreaFirst West End, Carrot Bay (Tortola)Second Meyers, Cane Garden Bay, Brewers Bay (Tortola) and Jost Van DykeThird Sea Cow's Bay and surroundings (Tortola)FourthRoad Town and surroundings (Tortola)Fifth Hunthum's Ghut and Long Trench (Tortola)Sixth Baugher's Bay and East Central TortolaSeventh Long Look (Tortola) and Beef IslandEighth East End, Greenland and Hope Estate (Tortola)NinthVirgin Gorda and Anegada
References
External links Citypopulation: Statistics or Districts about Civil Registry Districts about electoral districts history of electoral districts