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Encyclopedia > Saint Ann, Jamaica

Saint Ann, Jamaica (2001 population 168,726), is a parish located in the northern part of Jamaica and is north west of Kingston. Its total land area is 1,212.6 square kilometers. St. Ann is one of the 14 parishes of Jamaica. Its capital is Saint Ann's Bay. Other important cities located in St. Ann are Discovery Bay and Ocho Rios. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Kingston Kingston (population 600,000) is the capital of Jamaica and it is located southeast of the country. ... Ocho Rios is a city on the northern coast of Jamaica. ...


When Christopher Columbus first came to Jamaica in 1494, he landed on the shores of St. Ann. The parish of St. Ann was later named after Lady Anne Hyde the first wife of King James II of England. No authentic contemporary portrait of Columbus has been found; this late 19th-century engraving is one of many conjectural images For information about the director, see the article on Chris Columbus. ... Anne Hyde (1637 - March 31, 1671) was the daughter of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, the first wife of King James II of England, and the mother of two British queens, Anne and Mary. ... James II of England and VII of Scotland (14 October 1633–16 September 1701) became King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 6 February 1685. ...


Today, St. Ann is one of the major tourist destinations in Jamaica, given that Dunn's River Falls and many popular beaches, like Puerto Seco Beach, are located there.


World famous people that were born in Saint Ann


Winston Rodney (born March 1, 1948) a. ... Marcus Garvey (far right) in parade Marcus Mosiah Garvey (August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940) was a publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, crusader for black nationalism and founder of the UNIA-ACL. Although he was born in Jamaica, Garvey is best remembered as a champion of the so-called back-to-Africa... Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981), better known as Bob Marley, was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter from Saint Ann, Jamaica. ...

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

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Saint Ann, Jamaica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1105 words)
It is situated on the north coast of the island, in the county of Middlesex, roughly halfway between the eastern and western ends of the island.
Saint Ann is the birthplace of reggae singers Burning Spear and the honorable Bob Marley (d.
Ann is one of the oldest populated areas in the island of Jamaica tracing back to 600 - 650 A.D. It is believed to be the earliest Taino/Arawak settlement in Jamaica.
Jamaica - encyclopedia article about Jamaica. (4255 words)
Jamaica slowly gained increasing independence from the United Kingdom, and in 1958 Jamaica became a province in the Federation of the West Indies, a federation between all the British West Indies.
Jamaica The Jamaica Constitution was drafted by a bipartisan joint committee of the Jamaican legislature in 1961-62, approved in the United Kingdom and included as the Second Schedule of the Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council, 1962 under the West Indies Act, 1962.
Jamaica is mainly a blend of African and Anglo-Irish cultures, with influences from the Spanish and Taino cultures, although the Tainos as a people were completely wiped out by the Spanish soon after their arrival in 1494.
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