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Location of Vineyard Town in Kingston, Jamaica. Vineyard Town is a neighbourhood in Kingston, Jamaica. [1] References
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.
Appleton Estates Jamaica Rums: Brands : Signature, Magnum Tonic Wine, 8-Year-Old Reserve, 12-Year-Old Rare Casks, 15-Year-Old Black River Casks, Master Blender's Legacy, 21-Year-Old Nassau Valley Casks, Blackwell Rum. The estate encompasses more than 4,452 ha (11,000 acres) of sugarcane, a sugarcane refinery, and the distillery. [8] Koko Kanu
Kingston is one of the 14 Parishes of Jamaica. [2] Together with neighbouring St. Andrew Parish, it makes up the amalgamated Municipal Unit of Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation. [3] The city of Kingston is the parish and national capital. Kingston Parish is 25 km² in area, with a population of 89,057 at the 2011 census. [1]
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island.It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island.
Tivoli Gardens was developed in West Kingston, Jamaica, between 1963 [3] and 1965 [4] by demolishing and redeveloping the area of the Rastafarian settlement Back-O-Wall. [5] The area was notorious in the 1950s as the worst slum in the Caribbean, where "three communal standpipes and two public bathrooms served a population of well over 5,000 people."
Cross Roads is a primarily commercial neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica. [1] It is centered on the intersection of five major roads: Slipe Road, Half Way Tree Road, Old Hope Road, Caledonia Avenue and Marescaux Road. [2] It is perhaps the geographical centre of Kingston. [3]
Harbour View was built in 1960, two years before the country's Independence in 1962. The community was the first in Jamaica to have a community paper and its residents claim that the community was the first to host street dances. [1] Harbour View is located in East Kingston and can be described as one of the best communities to live and raise ...