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Portmore has a professional football team that plays in the top flight Jamaica National Premier League. It was originally Hazard United from May Pen but following its relocation is now called Portmore United F.C.. Since 2020, the tightly contested football match known as the Portmore derby involving Portmore United F.C. and Dunbeholden F.C. [6]
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 ...
Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre, formerly Fort Augusta Prison, is Jamaica's only prison for women. [1] It was built to accommodate 250 female inmates [2] but has held over 280 on occasions. [2] [3] It has been known to run short of food. [4] It is operated by the Department of Correctional Services for the Ministry of National Security.
Caymanas Race Track, Jamaica's most famous race track, is in St Catherine. St Clair Cave, one of Jamaica's more famous caves, is found in the parish. This large, complex cave contains one of the most notable bat roosts on the island, and is one of the few known historical sites for the possibly extinct bat, Phyllonycteris aphylla.
The intention of connecting Jamaica via such a comprehensive highway system, was first expressed and clearly defined in the Jamaican Transportation Survey of 1968/69; much of the current Highway 2000 alignments were proposed and defined therein, including the phase 1, East-West Leg and Portmore Causeway, phase 2, North-South Leg as well as a ...
The Caribbean Island of Jamaica was initially inhabited in approximately 600 AD or 650 AD by the Redware people, often associated with redware pottery. [1] [2] [3] By roughly 800 AD, a second wave of inhabitants occurred by the Arawak tribes, including the Tainos, prior to the arrival of Columbus in 1494. [1]
Portmore may refer to: Portmore, Jamaica. Portmore United F.C. Portmore, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; Portmore Lough in Northern Ireland. Bonny Portmore, a lament of a large oak which once stood near Portmore Lough; Portmore, Hampshire. Earl of Portmore
Greater Portmore East?? Greater Portmore North? Constituency Office Hellshire?? Saint Catherine South Central: Homestead?? Horizon Park?? Sydenham? Constituency Office Saint Catherine South Eastern: Bridgeport?? Edgewater? Constituency Office (Portmore C.B.D.) Independent City?? Waterford?? Westchester?? Saint Catherine South Western: Church ...