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2. Kingston, Jamaica - Wikipedia

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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. Kingston is the largest English-speaking city south of the ...

3. Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Kingston Harbour - Wikipedia

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   UTC-5 ( EST) Kingston Harbour in Jamaica is the seventh-largest natural harbour in the world. [ 1] It is an almost landlocked area of water approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) long by 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) wide. [ 1] Most of it is deep enough to accommodate large ships, even close to shore. [ 1] It is bordered to the north by the city of ...

5. Kingston Parish - Wikipedia

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   3,600/km 2 (9,200/sq mi) 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 ...

6. Port Royal - Wikipedia

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   Destroyed. 1692. Port Royal is a town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest and most prosperous city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century. [ 1]

7. Geography of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   Jamaica lies 140 km (87 mi) south of Cuba and 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 km 2 (4,244 sq mi). [ 1] However, Jamaica is the largest island of the Commonwealth Caribbean and the third ...