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{{short description|Capital of the British Virgin Islands}}
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'''Road Town''', terletak di [[Tortola]], adalah [[Capital city|capital]] dari [[British Virgin Islands]]. Letaknya di atas berbentuk tapal kuda [[Road Harbour]] di tengah pantai selatan pulau. Populasinya sekitar 15,000 pada tahun 2018.<ref name=pop>{{cite web|title=British Virgin Islands Demographics Profile 2019|url=https://www.indexmundi.com/british_virgin_islands/demographics_profile.html|access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>
Nama tersebut berasal dari istilah bahari "[[Roadstead|the roads]]", sebuah tempat yang kurang terlindung daripada pelabuhan tetapi kapal dapat dengan mudah mencapainya. Sebuah {{convert|28|ha|acre|abbr=off}} pengembangan disebut Wickham's Cay,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://realtravel.com/g-270167-tortola_article-introduction |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-02-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508145229/http://realtravel.com/g-270167-tortola_article-introduction |archive-date=8 May 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> consisting of two areas that were reclaimed from the sea and a marina, have enabled Road Town to emerge as a haven for yacht chartering and a centre of tourism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cruising.org/vacation/destinations/cities/tortolavirgin-gorda|title=404|website=www.cruising.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTU9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA151 |author=John M Bryden |title=Tourism and Development: a case study of the Commonwealth Caribbean |page=151}}</ref> This area is the newest part of the city and the hub for the new commercial and administrative buildings of the BVI. The oldest building in Road Town, HM Prison on Main Street, was built in 1774.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bviwelcome.com/a-visit-to-hm-prison/|title=A Visit to HM Prison – The Welcome Guide to the British Virgin Islands|website=www.bviwelcome.com}}</ref>
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