Saint James, Jamaica

St James is a parish, located on the north west end of the island of Jamaica. Its capital, Montego Bay, was named the second city of Jamaica, behind Kingston, in 1981. The parish is the birth place of The Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe (d. 1833), one of Jamaica's Seven National Heroes.

Geography

The parish is bordered by Trelawny in the east, St. Elizabeth in the south and Hanover and Westmoreland in the west. It covers an area of 594.9 sq km, making it one of the smallest parishes in Jamaica. The population was an estimated 178,000 in 2001.

Related Topics:
Trelawny - East - St. Elizabeth - South - Hanover - Westmoreland - West - Sq km - 2001

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

About two-thirds of the parish consists of limestone. The Nassau Mountains, which rise from St Elizabeth, south of the parish, extend diagonally across St James. The range then decline to a point just south of Montego Bay. Its highest point is approximately 1524 metres above sea level.

Related Topics:
Limestone - St Elizabeth - South - Sea level

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Great River, which is the boundary between St James and Hanover, and the Montego River, which rises in central St James and flows north, then west to Montego Bay, are the two main rivers.

Related Topics:
Hanover - Central - North - West - Rivers

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The city of Montego Bay may be roughly divided into two sections: the tourist area, which occupies the northern section of the bay along the shore line, and the commercial and industrial sections, which are second only to Kingston in size and volume of trade.

Related Topics:
Bay - Commercial - Industrial - Trade

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~