Victoria, Grenada
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Victoria | |
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Town | |
  Victoria Location within Grenada | |
| Coordinates: 12°11′N 61°42′W / 12.183°N 61.700°W | |
| Country |  Grenada |
| Parish | Saint Mark |
| Elevation | 509 ft (155 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 |
Victoria is a town and capital of Saint Mark Parish, the smallest parish in Grenada. It has a population of 2256 (2013),[2][3] and is the fourth largest town in Grenada.
The original inhabitants of the region were the Kalinago who left petroglyphs and rock art in Waltham and Dusquesne.[4] The French first arrived in the region of Saint Mark in the 1670s and expelled the Kalinago, they then founded the town of Victoria around 1721, and was designated as a new parish in 1741. The town’s architecture mainly dates from the mid-to-late 1800s, with various churches and estates such as Diamond estate, one of the oldest in the parish.[5]
