page_title: Districts of Barbados
section_title: Southern District
hierarchical_section_title: Districts of Barbados / Southern District
caption_attribution_description: Map of Barbados
context_page_description: In 1959 the country of Barbados was changed from the Vestry system, into a more modern system of local government patterned after that of the United Kingdom.
  Two main sub-regions known as Districts were formed in Barbados, and the majority of the vestry parish councils, which acted as local government were consolidated and transferred into these larger areas and also the Bridgetown City Council. Both were simply known as the Northern and Southern districts, and a third separate area consisted of the City of Bridgetown. Each of these districts were run by Chairmen, and the city with a mayor affiliated with Barbados' political parties.
context_section_description: The Southern District contained all parishes to the south and east of Saint Michael, This included:
  Christ Church
  Saint George
  Saint John
  Saint Philip
caption: Map of Barbados
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