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Place Name
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Saint James
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Place Status (Type)
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parish
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Capital is
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Montego Bay
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Population
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148,587 (1991)
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Location
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Hanover Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean
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Latitude
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18°31'N
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Longitude
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77°59'W
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Saint James
, parish (1991 pop. 148,587), Cornwall co., NW
Jamaica;  Montego Bay; 18°31'N 77°59'W-18°13'N 77°44'W.
Bounded W by Hanover Parish, SW by Westmoreland Parish, S by St.
Elizabeth Parish, E by Trelawny Parish. Largely hilly, it has fertile
valleys along its small rivers, where bananas are principally grown.
Produces also sugarcane, honey; goats. Montego Bay, 3d-largest city of
the isl. and home of the Sangster Inn, is the leading cruise-shipping
port and trading and processing center in the W. Its many seaside
resorts creating a thriving tourism industry. Doctor's Cave is known
for its curative effects. Other centers are Montpelier,
Cambridge, Catadupa, and Anchovy, all along Jamaica RR.
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