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East Bridgford is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, east of the city of Nottingham. It had a population of 1,814 at the 2011 census, [1] falling to 1,763 at the 2021 census. [2] The village adjoins the south bank of the River Trent, opposite the village of Gunthorpe. It is on the Trent Valley Way. East ...
Air Jamaica was headquartered in Kingston. [30] The idea of making Jamaica an International Financial Centre has also been proposed as a way to boost the city's financial sector and create more jobs, especially for professionals such as accountants and lawyers. [31] The city's major industries include tourism, apparel manufacturing, and shipping.
It has since grown into a suburban city to Kingston; its large population travels into Kingston daily for work, schooling, and many other essential services via the Portmore toll road. Portmore was granted Municipality status in 2003 [ 1 ] and has its own city council and mayor, following the British-based model of Jamaican local government. [ 1 ]
It lies north, west and east of Kingston, and stretches into the Blue Mountains. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 573,369, the highest of any of the parishes in Jamaica. George William Gordon (d. 1865), one of Jamaica's seven National Heroes, was born in this parish.
The Embassy of Japan in Kingston is the official diplomatic mission of Japan in Jamaica, and is also accredited to Belize and The Bahamas. Its current ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary is Yasuhiro Atsumi. [1] The embassy sponsors cultural events such as cosplay competitions [2] and film festivals. [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 ...
The collision, which involved a number of cars, happened on the northbound carriageway of the A46, near Bridgford Garden Centre, at about 11:35 GMT on Thursday.
From a socioeconomic point of view, Liguanea is the name of a distinct commercial district: east to west, between Half-Way-Tree (up to Jamaica House) and Papine (at UTech's front gate); north to south, between Millsborough (Barbican Road) and New Kingston (Mountain View Road to Trafalgar Road).