Saint Andrew (capital Half Way Tree) is a parish, situated in the south east of Jamaica in the county of Surrey. It lies north of Kingston and stretches into the Blue Mountain. The Right Excellent George William Gordon (d.1865), one of Jamaica's seven National Heroes, was born in this Parish. In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... A parish is a subdivision. ... The South-eastern suburbs are mainly suburbs located around the foreshores of Botany Bay. ... Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ... Compass rose with north highlighted and at top North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction: north is used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions; the (visual) top edges of maps usually correspond to the... Places called Kingston include: in Australia Kingston, Tasmania Kingston, Victoria Kingston on Murray, South Australia Kingston SE, South Australia (named to differentiate it from Kingston on Murray) Kingston, Australian Capital Territory Kingston, Norfolk Island, the capital of the territory in Canada Kingston, New Brunswick Kingston, Nova Scotia Kingston, Ontario in... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

Geography

St. Andrew was one of the first parishes to be established by law in 1867. Before being established, it was known as 'Liguanea'. Corruption Jurisprudence Philosophy of law Law (principle) List of legal abbreviations Legal code Intent Letter versus Spirit Natural Justice Natural law Religious law Witness intimidation Legal research Critical legal studies External links Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Law Look up law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

St Andrew is located at latitude 18°01'N, and longitude 76°54'W and covers an area of 455 sq km (181 sq miles). The parish lies just north of Kingston, bounded in the west by St. Catherine, north by St. Mary, northeast by Portland along the Blue Mountain range, and east by St. Thomas. The parish has no large towns, and because of Kingston's size, it is usually joined on to St. Andrew and referred to collectively as the parish of Kingston and St. Andrew. Latitude, denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Map of Earth showing curved lines of longitude Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... Compass rose with north highlighted and at top North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction: north is used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions; the (visual) top edges of maps usually correspond to the... Places called Kingston include: in Australia Kingston, Tasmania Kingston, Victoria Kingston on Murray, South Australia Kingston SE, South Australia (named to differentiate it from Kingston on Murray) Kingston, Australian Capital Territory Kingston, Norfolk Island, the capital of the territory in Canada Kingston, New Brunswick Kingston, Nova Scotia Kingston, Ontario in... A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ... There are six St. ... Compass rose with north highlighted and at top North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction: north is used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions; the (visual) top edges of maps usually correspond to the... Gabriel delivering the Annunciation to Mary. ... Northeast is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. ... Portland is the name of numerous cities in the English-speaking world, the largest of which are Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine in the United States. ... A compass rose with east highlighted East is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. ... St. ... Places called Kingston include: in Australia Kingston, Tasmania Kingston, Victoria Kingston on Murray, South Australia Kingston SE, South Australia (named to differentiate it from Kingston on Murray) Kingston, Australian Capital Territory Kingston, Norfolk Island, the capital of the territory in Canada Kingston, New Brunswick Kingston, Nova Scotia Kingston, Ontario in...

Cross Roads, Half-Way-Tree and Constant Spring are important commercial centres in St. Andrew, but may be regarded as suburbs of Kingston. West St. Andrew, however, is a populous residential area. Total population of the parish is an estimated 540,715. Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... A residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is residential. ...

Economy

A lot of the parish is given over to agriculture. Its principal products include coffee, mangoes, cacao, peas, beans, sugarcane, cattle; dairy goods, cigar and cigarette, vegetables and ground provisions. To encourage the movement of Industrial Plants from the business areas of Kingston, and to facilitate the establishment of new industries with local and overseas capital, the government has established an industrial estate in St. Andrew, bordering on Western Kingston. This Industrial Estate is over 120 hectares (300 acres) in size. Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. ... Species Mangifera altissima Mangifera caesia Mangifera camptosperma Mangifera casturi Mangifera foetida Mangifera indica Mangifera kemanga Mangifera longipes Mangifera macrocarpa Mangifera odorata Mangifera pajang Mangifera pentandra Mangifera persiciformis Mangifera siamensis The mango (Mangifera spp. ... Binomial name Theobroma cacao L. Cacao (Theobroma cacao) is a small (4-8 m tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae (formerly Sterculiaceae), native to tropical South America, but now cultivated throughout the tropics. ... Binomial name Pisum sativum A pea (Pisum sativum) is the small, edible round green seed which grows in a pod on a leguminous vine, hence why it is called a legume. ... This article is on the plant. ... Species Saccharum arundinaceum Saccharum bengalense Saccharum edule Saccharum officinarum Saccharum procerum Saccharum ravennae Saccharum robustum Saccharum sinense Saccharum spontaneum Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of between 6-37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native to warm temperate to tropical regions... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Rainbow arching over a paddock of cattle Cattle are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... Dairy farm near Oxford, New York, July 2001 In many northern-hemisphere countries a dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk (mostly from cows, sometimes from buffaloes, sheep or goats) for human consumption. ... Corona cigar A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of tobacco leaves that have already been dried and fermented, which is lit for the purpose of inhaling (or merely drawing into the mouth rather than into the lungs) its smoke (see tobacco smoking). ... A cigarette will burn to ash on one end. ... Vegetables on a market Vegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary fruit, nut, herb, spice, or grain. ... A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is a large industrial building where workers manufacture goods or products. ... Categories: Business | Academic disciplines | School subjects ... An industrial park is an area of land set aside for industrial development. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a metric unit of surface area, equal to 100 ares (the name is a contraction of the SI prefix hecto + are). ... An acre is an English unit of area. ...

Gypsum is found in large quantities, in eastern St. Andrew, the largest deposits being in the area of Bull Bay, a mile and a half of the coast. Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. // Chemical structure Gypsum from New South Wales, Australia Heating gypsum above approximately 150°C (302°F) partially dehydrates the mineral by driving off exactly 75% of the water contained in its chemical structure. ... The term Eastern can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ... A coastal image featured on a United States postal stamp. ...

At the south of Papine, several miles north-east of Kingston is the University of the West Indies, occupying 260 hectares (640 acres) of the Liguanea Plain at the foot of Long Mountain. The College of Arts, Science and Technology, which has now become the University of Technology, is situated nearby. A compass rose with South highlighted South is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... Northeast is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. ... Places called Kingston include: in Australia Kingston, Tasmania Kingston, Victoria Kingston on Murray, South Australia Kingston SE, South Australia (named to differentiate it from Kingston on Murray) Kingston, Australian Capital Territory Kingston, Norfolk Island, the capital of the territory in Canada Kingston, New Brunswick Kingston, Nova Scotia Kingston, Ontario in... The University of the West Indies (UWI) is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 16 countries in the Caribbean - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a metric unit of surface area, equal to 100 ares (the name is a contraction of the SI prefix hecto + are). ... An acre is an English unit of area. ... A precise definition of the arts can be contentious, but the following areas of activity are usually included: Art / Visual arts Architecture Crafts Dance Design / Graphic design Drawing Film Literature Music Painting Photography Pottery Sculpture Theater In academia, the Arts are usually grouped with or a subset of the Humanities. ... // What is science? There are different theories of what science is. ... // Technology [from Gr. ...

Important areas

• The Governor General's Residence at King House
• The Prime Minister's Residence, modern commercial New Kingston Complex,
• Bob Marley's Museum,
• The National Sports Stadium.

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Refernces

• Political Geography of Jamaica
• St Andrew
• Statistics

Parishes of Jamaica
Clarendon | Hanover | Kingston | Manchester | Portland | Saint Andrew | Saint Ann | Saint Catherine | Saint Elizabeth | Saint James | Saint Mary | Saint Thomas | Trelawny | Westmoreland