St. Elizabeth, Jamaica's third-largest parish, is located in the southwest of the island. Its capital is Black River, located at the mouth of the eponymous stream, the longest on the island. A parish is a subdivision of a diocese or bishopric within the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of Sweden, and of some other churches. ... Black River is the capital of St. ...

Long a backward agricultural region, since the 1960s the parish has been a major producer of bauxite, and since the 1990s has become a significant tourist destination, with most visitors going to the Treasure Beach area. The Appleton rum distillery near Balaclava in the north of the parish is also a tourist destination. Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Bauxite Bauxite is a naturally occurring, heterogeneous material composed primarily of one or more aluminium hydroxide minerals, plus various mixtures of silica, iron oxide, titania, aluminosilicate, and other impurities in minor or trace amounts. ... Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...

Ecological tourism along the Black and YS rivers, and in the Great Morass has been developed in recent years.