Manchester Parish, Jamaica

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Manchester Parish, Jamaica is an inland parish in south-central Jamaica known for its cool climate, bauxite mining, and the commercial town of Mandeville.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parish of Jamaica ⓘ
borderedBy Clarendon Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
St Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
Trelawny Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
createdIn 1814 ⓘ
formedFrom parts of Clarendon Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
parts of St Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
parts of Vere Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
governingBody Manchester Parish Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasAgriculturalProduct citrus fruits ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
ground provisions ⓘ
hasAreaType rural and semi-urban ⓘ
hasCapital Mandeville, Jamaica ⓘ
hasClimate relatively cool for Jamaica ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Manchester High School ⓘ
Northern Caribbean University ⓘ
hasFeature Cockpit country fringe areas ⓘ
Karst topography ⓘ
hasIndustry bauxite mining industry ⓘ
hasLargestTown Mandeville, Jamaica ⓘ
hasLocalCreole Jamaican Patois ⓘ
hasParishCapitalStatusSince 1816 ⓘ
hasParishChurch St Mark’s Anglican Church, Mandeville ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix JMDCN ⓘ
hasSettlement Christiana, Jamaica ⓘ
Mandeville, Jamaica ⓘ
Newport, Jamaica ⓘ
Porus, Jamaica ⓘ
Williamsfield, Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Newport, Jamaica
hasTransportRoute Main road from Mandeville to Kingston ⓘ
Main road from Mandeville to Montego Bay ⓘ
isInland true ⓘ
knownFor bauxite mining ⓘ
commercial town of Mandeville ⓘ
cool climate ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn south-central Jamaica ⓘ
locatedOn island of Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Island of Jamaica
namedAfter William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester ⓘ
partOf County of Middlesex, Jamaica ⓘ
timeZone Jamaica Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset −5 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manchester Municipal Corporation → jurisdiction → Manchester Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
Manchester Municipal Corporation → category → Manchester Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
Donovan Bailey → placeOfBirth → Manchester Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
Norman Manley → placeOfBirth → Roxborough, Manchester Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Manchester Parish, Jamaica
Mandeville, Jamaica → hasNearbySettlement → Spur Tree, Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Manchester Parish, Jamaica
William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester → notableWork → Manchester Parish, Jamaica, named after him ⓘ
linked to: Manchester Parish, Jamaica
Cecil Charlton → placeOfActivity → Manchester Parish, Jamaica ⓘ