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Anguilla is subdivided into fourteen districts. The Anguilla Statistics Unit has published some of the results of the 2001 census (source [1]). The tables include population data for the districts of Anguilla from the censuses of 1974 through 2001. Anguilla's population censuses were taken on 1960-04-07 (data not available), 1974-04-17, 1984-04-10, 1992-04-13, 2001-05-09, and 2011-05-11.

Unfortunately for our understanding of Anguilla's administrative geography, the 2001 census areas map (source [2]) accompanying the census report shows, not the districts, but ten geographic regions. The relationship between some of the districts and some of the regions can't be deduced from the information given on the site.

Country overview: 

Short name	ANGUILLA
ISO code	AI
FIPS code	AV
Language	English (en)
Time zone	-4
Capital	The Valley

 

At the beginning of the 20th century, Anguilla was part of the Leeward Islands, a British colony which consisted of five presidencies. On 1956-06-30, each presidency became a separate colony. Anguilla belonged to the colony of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. Anguilla seceded unilaterally on 1967-06-16 from this colony. It was fully recognized as a separate dependency by the mother country on 1980-12-19.

Other names of country: 

1. Dutch: Anguila
2. French: Anguilla f
3. Italian: Anguilla
4. Portuguese: Anguila
5. Russian: Ангилья
6. Spanish: Anguila
7. Turkish: Anguilla

Origin of name: 

Named by Columbus < Spanish anguila = eel, from the shape of the island

Primary subdivisions: 

Anguilla is divided into fourteen districts.

District	HASC	Population
Blowing Point	AI.BP	870
East End	AI.EE	671
George Hill	AI.GH	879
Island Harbour	AI.IH	988
North Hill	AI.NH	464
North Side	AI.NS	1,980
Sandy Ground	AI.SG	230
Sandy Hill	AI.SH	636
South Hill	AI.SO	1,722
Stoney Ground	AI.ST	1,549
The Farrington	AI.TF	624
The Quarter (including Rey Hill)	AI.TQ	959
The Valley (including Upper & South Valley)	AI.TV	1,067
West End (including Long Bay)	AI.WE	813
14 districts		13,452
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. Population: 2011-05-11 census (preliminary).

 

Source [1] notes that "[the population of] North Side [district] was probably included with The Valley and Stoney Ground with Sandy Hill in 1984."

These are the geographic regions and their 2001 populations, according to the 2001 census report (source [3]). The total for the regions differs by one person from the total for the districts. I have no way to account for this.

Region	Population
#1 West End	736
#2 South Hill North	1,354
#3 Blowing Point & South Hill East	1,422
#4 Little Harbour, North Hill, Sandy Ground & West Old Ta	1,090
#5 East Old Ta, Rey Hill, The Forest & Long Ground	1,051
#6 Valley South, Quarter & Crocus Hill	1,151
#7 Valley North & North Side	830
#8 Stoney Ground	1,497
#9 East End, The Farrington & Sandy Hill Bay	1,103
#10 Island Harbour	1,326
10 regions	11,560

Postal codes: 

On 2007-10-09, Anguilla adopted AI-2640 as the postal code for the whole country. This may be part of a move towards a system of postal codes for the countries of the East Caribbean.

Territorial extent: 

Includes a few small islands and cays, among the larger: Dog Island, Prickly Pear Cays, Scrub Island, Seal Islands, Sombrero Island.

The UN LOCODE page  for Anguilla lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Change history: 

According to Morris Fisher (source [4]), in 1985, Anguilla was divided into seven settlements. Their names were Blowing Point Village, Island Harbour, Long Bay Village, Mount Fortune, Sandy Ground Village, The Valley, and West End Village.

Population history:

District	1974-04-17	1984-04-10	1992-04-13	2001-05-09	2011-05-11
Blowing Point	501	463	802	779	870
East End	476	420	672	614	671
George Hill	304	492	635	791	879
Island Harbour	613	672	744	855	988
North Hill	313	288	410	439	464
North Side			667	1,195	1,980
Sandy Ground	242	224	247	274	230
Sandy Hill	314	376	364	557	636
South Hill	774	961	1,102	1,495	1,722
Stoney Ground	713		949	1,133	1,549
The Farrington		222	304	546	624
The Quarter (including Rey Hill)	742	424	654	978	959
The Valley (including Upper & South Valley)	1,048	1,709	795	1,169	1,067
West End (including Long Bay)	479	402	611	736	813
Total	6,519	6,653	8,960	11,561	13,452

Sources: 

1. [1] Housing and Households of the Resident Population of Anguilla According to the May 2001 Census . Government of Anguilla Statistics Department (retrieved 2002-10-22).
2. [2] 2001 Census Areas , a map accompanying the census report (dated 2001-10, retrieved 2002-10-22).
3. [3] "Final Census Counts Estimate Anguilla's Residential Population at 11,560 ." Statistics Department (retrieved 2002-10-22).
4. [4] Provinces and Provincial Capitals of the World, Second Edition. Morris Fisher. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J. (1985).
5. [5] "Preliminary Data from Anguilla's Census 2011 puts the population at 13,542 ." Anguilla News website (dated 2012-06-19, retrieved 2014-11-08).