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Some areas of Jamaica, particularly population centers such as Kingston, Montego Bay and Spanish Town, experience high levels of crime and violence. [1] Jamaica has had one of the highest intentional homicide rates in the world for many years, according to United Nations estimates. [ 2 ]
When the Spanish occupied Jamaica, Montego Bay was an export point for lard, which was obtained from wild hogs in the forests. In many of the early maps of Jamaica, Montego Bay was listed as "Bahia de Manteca" (Lard Bay). The parish was given the name "St. James" in honour of King James II by Sir Thomas Modyford, the island's first English ...
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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.
Montego Bay Free Zone (MBFZ) in Montego Bay was established in 1985 on a 95-acre (38 ha) site southwest of the city. It has 488,110 square feet (45,347 m 2 ) of factory/office space. An additional 103,000 square feet (9,600 m 2 ) of space is being added specifically for information technology.
Supplementing these booby traps and explosives was an army of thugs estimated to be over 400 strong and arriving from as far away as Montego Bay, Claredon, St. Catherine and St. Thomas. Road blocks consisting of old cars, scrap metal, crates, pallets, sandbags, barrels and discarded household items also formed a part of the defensive systems.
There is a primary school, post office, police station, electoral office, several churches, as well as various small retail outlets. Anchovy High School attracts students from the Montego Bay area and has a long-standing exchange link with St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls, Tulse Hill, London [7] which is documented in the Anchovy High School library.
The crisis highlighted by the Morant Bay rebellion led to the dissolution of the House of Assembly of Jamaica, and the colonial administration being turned into a crown colony. John Peter Grant was appointed Governor arriving in August 1866, and he set about instituting a number of reforms, including the administrative framework of the parishes.