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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 ...
Sasolburg. Sasolburg is the third largest city (after Bloemfontein, Welkom) within the Metsimaholo Local Municipality in the far north of the Free State province of South Africa and is further sub-divided into three areas: Sasolburg proper, Vaalpark (a more affluent cluster of suburbs located about 5 km north of the Sasolburg CBD) and Zamdela ...
Jamaicalies 140 km (87 mi) south of Cubaand 190 km (118 mi) west of Haiti. At its greatest extent, Jamaica is 235 km (146 mi) long, and its width varies between 34 and 84 km (21 and 52 mi).[1] Jamaica has a small area of 10,992 km2(4,244 sq mi).[1] However, Jamaica is the largest island of the Commonwealth Caribbeanand the third largest of the ...
The Jamaica Swamp Safari Village is a 20.3-hectare (50-acre) wildlife sanctuary located in Falmouth, which was initially established as a crocodile farm in 1 hectare (2 acres) of virgin mangrove territory by Ross Kananga in 1969, and which he changed to a sanctuary under the name Jamaica Swamp Safari and opened to the public in 1970.
Jamaica (/ dʒəˈmeɪkə / ⓘ jə-MAY-kə; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka [dʒʌˈmie̯ka]) is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola —of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. [9] Jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south of ...
The location of Jamaica An enlargeable map of Jamaica. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jamaica: Jamaica – sovereign island nation located on the Island of Jamaica of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. [1] It is 234 kilometres (145 mi) long and 80 kilometres (50 mi) at its widest.
The fall of Ruad in 1302 was one of the culminating events of the Crusades in the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1291, the Crusaders had lost their main power base at the coastal city of Acre, and the Muslim Mamluks had been systematically destroying the remaining Crusader ports and fortresses in the region, forcing the Crusaders to relocate the dwindling Kingdom of Jerusalem to the island of Cyprus.
Firefly Estate. The Firefly Estate, located 10 km (6 mi) east of Oracabessa, Jamaica, was the Caribbean home of Sir Noël Coward and is the site of his grave. It is now listed as a National Heritage Site by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. [1] Although the setting is idylic, the house, built in 1956, [2] is surprisingly spartan, considering ...