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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]
South Jamaica Houses. South Jamaica Houses is a housing project in South Jamaica, Queens, New York. It is nicknamed "40 Projects." [1][2][3] The original complex, South Jamaica I Houses opened in 1940, [4][5] while the second complex, South Jamaica II Houses, opened in 1954. [4] The entire complex is bounded by South Road to the north, 160th ...
This is a list of plantations and pens in Jamaica by county and parish including historic parishes that have since been merged with modern ones. Plantations produced crops, such as sugar cane and coffee, while livestock pens produced animals for labour on plantations and for consumption. Both industries used the forced labour of enslaved ...
Saint Thomas is located at latitude 18°05'N, longitude 76°40'W, to the south of Portland, and the east of St. Andrew. With an area of 742.8 square kilometres (286.8 sq mi), it ranks as Jamaica's ninth-largest parish. It is very mountainous, with ranges that include the Port Royal Mountains, stretching from above Newcastle in St Andrew, to ...
This is a list of plantation great houses in Jamaica.These houses were built in the 18th and 19th centuries when sugar cane made Jamaica the wealthiest colony in the West Indies. [1] Sugar plantations in the Caribbean were worked by enslaved African people [ 2 ] until the aboltion of slavery in 1833.
Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. 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.
Saint Mary is a parish located in the northeast section of Jamaica. With a population of 114,227 [1] it is one of Jamaica's smallest parishes, located in the county of Middlesex. Its chief town and capital is Port Maria, located on the coast. The parish is the birthplace of established dancehall reggae artists, including Capleton, Lady Saw ...
Westmoreland has an area of 807 square kilometres (312 sq mi), making it Jamaica's eighth-largest parish. Westmoreland's population of 144,817 is made up of a large percentage of ethnic East Indians, descendants of indentured laborers who came to Jamaica from India to work after Britain abolished slavery in 1834 and the demand for labor remained high.