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  2. Saint Catherine Parish - Wikipedia

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    St Catherine is located at It is bordered by St Andrew in the east, Clarendon in the west, and by St Mary and St Ann in the north. It has an area of 1,192 km 2, making it one of Jamaica's largest parishes and it is one of the fastest growing parishes in the nation and has the largest economy out of all fourteen parishes.

  3. Spanish Town - Wikipedia

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    Spanish Town is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the historic county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the Spanish and British capital of Jamaica from 1534 until 1872. The town is home to numerous memorials, the national archives , and one of the oldest Anglican churches outside England (the others are in Virginia ...

  4. Sligoville - Wikipedia

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    The first former slave to purchase land in Sligoville was former Hampstead Estate headman Henry Lunan. [3] What became known as the " Free Village " system resulted from this first settlement, and similar villages were established throughout the island, most of them by ministers of religion, who supplied land to the ex-slaves who had never ...

  5. Portmore, Saint Catherine - Wikipedia

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    Portmore is one of the largest urban areas in St. Catherine with respect to human settlement, having a population 156,468(2001 census) and an annual growth rate of 4% since 1991. [3] Portmore is built on a generally flat plain facing the Kingston Harbour with an intricate canal system which prevents flooding. [5] Much of the land is reclaimed ...

  6. Free Villages - Wikipedia

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    Henry Lunan, formerly an enslaved headman at Hampstead Estate, purchased the first plot in the very first Free Village or Baptist Free Village at Sligoville (in Saint Catherine parish and named after the Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo, the Jamaican Governor at the time of abolition), ten miles north of Spanish Town.

  7. Old Harbour Bay, Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Old Harbour Bay is a settlement in Jamaica.It has a population of 8,537 as of 2009. [1]Under Spanish Jamaica, Old Harbour was known as Esquivel. [2]Old Harbour Bay is located in St. Catherine Jamaica and comprises many smaller sub-divisions such as: Dagga Bay, Buddho, Crossroad, Blackwood Gardens Scheme, Settlement, Terminal, Salt Plane, Narine Lane (formerly known as Hellgate), Salt Gully ...

  8. Constituencies of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Jamaica's fourteen parishes are subdivided into sixty-three constituencies. The country follows the Westminster system and elects sixty-three Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Jamaica House of Representatives.

  9. Clarendon Parish, Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Clarendon is a parish in Jamaica. It is located on the south of the island, roughly halfway between the island's eastern and western ends. Located in the county of Middlesex, it is bordered by Manchester on the west, Saint Catherine in the east, and in the north by Saint Ann. Its capital and largest town is May Pen.