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Portland, with its capital town Port Antonio, is a parish located on Jamaica's northeast coast. It is situated to the north of St Thomas and to the east of St Mary in Surrey County . It is one of the rural areas of Jamaica, containing part of the Blue Mountains , where the Jamaican Maroon communities of Moore Town and Charles Town are located.
Portland: Port Antonio: 814: 3 Saint James: Montego Bay 595: 8 Saint Ann: St. Ann's Bay: 1,213: 13 Saint Andrew: Half Way Tree: 453: 4 Trelawny: Falmouth 875: 9 Saint Catherine: Spanish Town: 1,192: 14 Saint Thomas: Morant Bay: 743: 5 Westmoreland: Savanna-la-Mar 807: 10 Saint Mary: Port Maria 611
Below, we’ve rounded up the best things to do in Jamaica to help you make the most of your visit. Take a tour of the capital. Kingston became Jamaica’s capital in 1872 (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
The Portland Bight Protected Area (PBPA) is a large marine and terrestrial area on the island of Jamaica located southwest of Kingston. Nearby cays such as Little Goat Island are included. It is the largest protected area in Jamaica and comprises 1,880 square kilometres (730 sq mi).
Jackson's Bay Cave is a very large cave on the Portland Ridge in Clarendon near the south coast of Jamaica. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful in the Caribbean. It was discovered in 1964. It is part of the Jackson bay cave system, consisting of 14 unconnected caves, and over 9200m of cumulated caves passages mapped since then. [2]
Winnifred Beach is a locally popular public beach in Portland, Jamaica. A campaign is in progress to keep the beach public in the face of corporate efforts to privatize, develop, and enclose the surrounding area to all but paid access.