St. George's, Bermuda
St. George's | |
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St. George's harbour and town, seen from Fort George | |
| Coordinates: 32°22′55″N 64°40′37″W / 32.38194°N 64.67694°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Overseas territory | Bermuda |
| Settled | 1612 |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 1,527 |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (ADT) |
| Climate | Af |
| Official name | Historic Town of St. George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv |
| Designated | 2000 (24th session) |
| Reference no. | 983 |
| Region | Western Europe (and North Atlantic) |
St. George's (formally the Town of St. George or St. George's Town), located on the island and within the parish of the same names (and on the northern side of St. George's Harbour), settled in 1612, is the first permanent English (and later British) settlement on the islands of Bermuda. It is often described as the third permanent British settlement in the Americas, after Jamestown, Virginia (1607), and Cupids, Newfoundland (1610), and the oldest continuously-inhabited British town in the New World, since the other two settlements were seasonal for a number of years.