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| image_caption      = (from top: left to right) Sea Grapes Beach, Dickenson Bay Beach, a street in St. John's, the Government House
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| seat               = [[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St. John's]]
| area_total_sq_mi   = 28.5
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://statistics.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2018-Antigua-and-Barbuda-LFS-Report.pdf |title= Antigua and Barbuda 2018 Labour Force Survey Report| date= October 2020| website= Antigua & Barbuda Statistics Division (statistics.gov.ag) |access-date= 2022-09-03| quote=Table 6.2.1}}</ref>
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| population_demonym = [[Demographics of Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda|Saint Johnstonian]]
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| leader_name1       = {{Current MP for St. John's City West}}<br /> {{Current MP for St. John's City East}}<br /> {{Current MP for St. John's City South}}<br /> {{Current MP for St. John's Rural East}}<br /> {{Current MP for St. John's Rural West}}<br /> {{Current MP for St. John's Rural North}}<br /> {{Current MP for St. John's Rural South}}<br /> {{Current MP for All Saints West}}<br /> {{Current MP for All Saints East & St. Luke}}<br /> {{Current MP for St. Mary's North}}<br /> {{Current MP for St. George}}<br /> {{Current MP for St. Peter}}
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'''Saint John''' ({{langx|aig|Sen Jaan|label=[[Antiguan and Barbudan Creole]]}}),<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Joseph |first=Jerene |title=Antigua and Barbuda Dictionary |isbn=9781090590541 |pages=}}</ref> officially the '''Parish of Saint John''', is a [[Parishes and dependencies of Antigua and Barbuda|civil parish]] of [[Antigua and Barbuda]], on the northwestern portion of [[Antigua]] island. Its capital is the city of [[St. John's, Saint John|St. John's]]. Saint John borders [[Saint Mary, Antigua and Barbuda|Saint Mary]], [[Saint Peter, Antigua and Barbuda|Saint Peter]], [[Saint George, Antigua and Barbuda|Saint George]], and [[Saint Paul, Antigua and Barbuda|Saint Paul]]. Saint John faces the [[Caribbean Sea]]. Saint John is surrounded by some of Antigua's most premier beaches. Saint John had a population of 56,736 in a 2018 estimate, making it home to the majority of the population in Antigua and Barbuda.<ref>{{cite web |author= |date=October 2020 |title=Antigua and Barbuda 2018 Labour Force Survey Report |url=https://statistics.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2018-Antigua-and-Barbuda-LFS-Report.pdf |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=Antigua & Barbuda Statistics Division (statistics.gov.ag) |quote=Table 6.2.1}}</ref>

While Saint John is a civil administrative division, the [[St. John's Cathedral (Antigua and Barbuda)|Anglican parish church]] is located in the city of St. John's. Saint John is mostly centered around the St. John's urban area and the northern tourist area, but is also home to more rural areas in the southern salient and in the [[Five Islands, Saint John|Five Islands]]-[[Yeptons]] area. Due to Saint John holding the majority of the population of Antigua and Barbuda, it is home to hundreds of populated locations some of which are vastly different from another. The island of [[Redonda]] is also under the administration of Saint John.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cap-373.pdf |title=Laws of Antigua & Barbuda |publisher=Antigua & Barbuda Ministry of Legal Affairs (laws.gov.ag) |chapter=Chapter 373: The Redonda Annexation Act}}</ref>

Saint John was created on 24 August 1681, when Antigua was divided into five parishes.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ib5FAAAAcAAJ&dq=1681+%22An+act+for+dividing+this+island+into+parishes%22&pg=PA93 |title=The Laws of the Island of Antigua: Consisting of the Acts of the Leeward Islands, Commencing 8th November 1690, Ending 21st April 1798; and the Acts of Antigua, Commencing 10th April 1668, Ending 7th May 1804 |date=1805 |publisher=Samuel Bagster |volume= |location=Strand, London |language=en}}</ref> Saint John and the four other parishes were permanently established in July 1692, and confirmed in January 1693.<ref name=":02" /> The primary objective of the establishment of parishes was providing for the parish church. Outside of the city, most of the rural areas of the parish were originally used as sugar mills. Many remnants of the parish's past are still visible in the modern day, such as with the Cedar Valley Plantation,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cedar Valley Plantation – Antigua Sugar Mills |url=https://sugarmills.blogs.bucknell.edu/cedar-valley-plantation/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |language=en-US}}</ref> or the Weatherill's plantation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Weatherill – Antigua Sugar Mills |url=https://sugarmills.blogs.bucknell.edu/weatherill/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |language=en-US}}</ref> 

== Demographics ==
{{main|Demographics of Saint John (Antigua and Barbuda)}}

== Governance ==
{{See also|Local government in Antigua and Barbuda}}
Saint John coincides with the boundaries of Magistrates' Court District "A".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-28 |title=IN THE MAGISTRATE COURT |url=http://www.oas.org/es/sla/dlc/mesicic/docs/mesicic5_atg_casecorruption_annex20.pdf |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=oas.org}}</ref> While local government is nearly nonexistent in Antigua, there is a limited form of local government in the [[City Centre, Saint John's|city centre of St. John's]], known as the Saint John's Development Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. John's Development Corporation Act |url=http://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cap-392.pdf}}</ref> As the country's primary political and cultural hub, Saint John is granted significantly more autonomy than the other parishes, with various governmental offices belonging exclusively to the parish. Historically, when [[Village councils (Antigua and Barbuda)|village councils]] were active, there were proposals to create village councils in [[Potters Village|Potters]], [[Cedar Grove, Saint John|Cedar Grove]], Five Islands, and [[St. Johnston, St. John's|St. Johnston]] and [[Clare Hall, Saint John|Clare Hall]]. A village council in the city of [[All Saints, Antigua and Barbuda|All Saints]], which extends across three parishes, was also constituted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Village Council |url=http://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Cap-466-Village-Council.pdf}}</ref>

==Education==
Island Academy International, the sole international school in the country, is located in the town of Buckleys within Saint John Parish.<ref>[http://islandacademy.com/ Island Academy International.com: website] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150930113505/http://islandacademy.com/ Webcitation.org: Archive of Island Academy International homepage]) . retrieved on 29 September 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://islandacademy.com/about/directions-and-contact-information/ |title=Island Academy International.com: Directions & Map |access-date=29 September 2015 |archive-date=3 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003065332/http://islandacademy.com/about/directions-and-contact-information/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was formerly Oliver's Estate Island Academy.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151003065332/http://islandacademy.com/about/directions-and-contact-information/ Webcitation.org: Archive - Oliver's Estate Island Academy], "Oliver's Estate PO Box W1884, Buckley's Main Rd, Buckleys, Antigua & Barbuda" . retrieved on 29 September 2015.</ref>

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