Grenada is divided into parishes named Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick, Saint Andrew, and Saint David.
These six parishes are Grenada’s main first-level administrative divisions. Saint George contains the national capital, St. George’s; Saint Andrew includes Grenville; Saint John includes Gouyave; Saint Mark includes Victoria; and Saint Patrick includes Sauteurs. Saint David has no officially designated parish capital in the commonly cited administrative table.
The parish boundaries developed from Grenada’s colonial history and the territorial areas associated with early settlements and churches. The term “parish” originally had an ecclesiastical meaning, but in Grenada it now describes a civil administrative region.
Grenada also administers the dependencies of Carriacou and Petite Martinique. They are part of the country but are not counted among the six parishes, which is why lists of Grenada’s territorial divisions can sometimes appear to contain more than six entries.