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The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire. Jamaica became a British colony from 1707 and a Crown colony in 1866. The Colony was primarily used for sugarcane production, and experienced many slave rebellions over the course of British rule.
Channel One Studios. Channel One is a recording studio in Maxfield Avenue, West Kingston, Jamaica. [1] The studio was built by the Hoo Kim brothers in 1972, and has had a profound influence on the development of reggae music.
The 1907 Kingston earthquake which shook the capital of the island of Jamaica with a magnitude of 6.2 [1] on the moment magnitude scale on Monday January 14, at about 3:30 p.m. local time (20:36 UTC ), is described by the United States Geological Survey as one of the world's deadliest earthquakes recorded in history. [2]
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 largest ...
Rockfort (Kingston, Jamaica) / 17.9751694°N 76.758250°W / 17.9751694; -76.758250. Rockfort is a community in Kingston, Jamaica that is bounded by Long Mountain range to the north, the sea and Springfield Gardens to the south, Mountain View and Rollington Town to the west, and Harbour View to the east. [1]
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 census. [1]
Flag of Jamaica. The Jamaican flag in the canton with a logo of the JDF Air Wing in the middle. Jamaican flag waving above a house roof. The flag of Jamaica was adopted on 6 August 1962 (Jamaican Independence Day), the country having gained independence from the British Empire. The flag consists of a gold saltire, which divides the flag into ...
