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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 predominantly English-speaking city in ...
- 1907 Kingston Earthquake
The 1907 Kingston earthquake which shook the capital of the...
- List of People From Kingston, Jamaica
This is a list of notable people who are from Kingston,...
- Independence Park
Independence Park is a sports and cultural complex in...
- New Kingston (Band)
New Kingston is a progressive reggae group whose members...
- Tivoli Gardens
Tivoli Gardens is a neighbourhood in Kingston,...
- 1907 Kingston Earthquake
Mar 29, 2024 · Kingston was founded in 1692 after Port Royal, at the mouth of the harbour, was destroyed by an earthquake. The core of the old city is a consciously planned rectangle with streets in a grid pattern. In 1703 the city became the commercial capital, and in 1872 the political capital, of Jamaica. On several occasions it was almost destroyed by ...
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Mar 24, 2016 · Downtown Kingston, the conflicted heart of Jamaica’s modern capital, was born of disaster. A battered pocket watch, its hands frozen at exactly 11:43, memorialises the moment on 7 June 1692 when ...
1692 – 7 June: The Jamaica earthquake destroys Port Royal due to heavy liquefaction and a tsunami; around 5,000 are killed there. Residents resettle nearby thus establishing Kingston. [1] 1690s – Parish Church built (approximate date). [2] 1703 - Port Royal laid waste by fire. [3] 1712 – Hurricane. [4]
Oct 15, 2015 · Welcome to Kingston City, commonly referred to as ‘Town’. Kingston is the name of the parish as well as the capital city. Kingston has come a far way and has continued to grow in spite of a devastating hurricane in 1784, a massive fire in 1843, a cholera epidemic in 1850 and another fire in 1862. As a matter of fact, in 1872, Kingston has ...
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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. [11] Jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south ...
Mar 12, 2024 · March 12, 2024. In the 1960s, Kingston, Jamaica, was a musical mecca, where Bob Marley, Toots Hibbert, and other artists were drawn by the recording studios and record shops lining so-called Beat ...
