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Located 22 miles (35 km) west of Kingston, [6] Port Esquivel is primarily an alumina-handling facility but is also the only port on Jamaica's south coast capable of accommodating large ships. [7] Its 645 feet (197 m) pier is made of concrete and steel and some 35,000 tonnes (34,000 long tons; 39,000 short tons) of goods can be loaded and ...
The following is a list of the most populous settlements in Jamaica. Definitions Kingston, capital of Jamaica Montego Bay The following definitions have been used: City: Official city status on a settlement is only conferred by Act of Parliament. Only three areas have the designation; Kingston when first incorporated in 1802 reflecting its early importance over the then capital Spanish Town ...
Montego Bay Free Zone (MBFZ) in Montego Bay was established in 1985 on a 95-acre (38 ha) site southwest of the city. It has 488,110 square feet (45,347 m 2 ) of factory/office space. An additional 103,000 square feet (9,600 m 2 ) of space is being added specifically for information technology.
Southampton or Avonmouth in England to Barbados, Trinidad and up to 5 ports in Jamaica (Kingston, Port Antonio, Montego Bay, Oracabessa and Bowdin) Builder: Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, Launched: 27 March 1956: Identification: IMO number: 5059173: Fate: Scrapped 1973: General characteristics; Type: Passenger-cargo ship/Banana boat ...
White Hall is a place with a very small population in the state/region of Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica which is located in the Caribbean. Cities, towns and places near White Hall include Middle Quarters, Holland, Mount Solus, and Giddy Hall. The closest major cities include Montego Bay, Kingston, Santiago de Cuba, Las Tunas, and Holguin.
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola —of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean .
There is a primary school, post office, police station, electoral office, several churches, as well as various small retail outlets. Anchovy High School attracts students from the Montego Bay area and has a long-standing exchange link with St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls, Tulse Hill, London [7] which is documented in the Anchovy High School library.
Montpelier is located near the western boundary of Saint James Parish, Jamaica, [1] approximately 10 kilometres from the parish's capital Montego Bay. [2] The Great River which marks the boundary between Saint James Parish and Hanover Parish separated the Old Montpelier and New Montpelier plantations from Shettlewood Pen.