Morant Bay
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Morant Bay is a town in southeastern Jamaica known as the site of the pivotal 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion against British colonial rule.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Morant Bay canonical | 28 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| administrativeCenterOf | Saint Thomas Parish ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
George William Gordon
ⓘ
Paul Bogle ⓘ |
| climate | tropical climate ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Jamaica ⓘ |
| distanceToKingstonApprox | about 40–50 kilometers east of Kingston ⓘ |
| economyIncludes |
commerce
ⓘ
services ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ |
| eventYear | 1865 (Morant Bay Rebellion) ⓘ |
| formerColonialPower | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| governingCountry | Jamaica ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
health center
ⓘ
market ⓘ parish administrative offices ⓘ parish courthouse ⓘ schools ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Morant Bay Courthouse
ⓘ
Morant Bay Parish Church ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
Morant Bay Rebellion memorials
ⓘ
Paul Bogle statue ⓘ |
| hasPostalRole | postal town for Saint Thomas Parish ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding |
Anglican church
ⓘ
other Christian churches ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection | connected by road to Kingston ⓘ |
| heritage | site of national heritage monuments of Jamaica ⓘ |
| historicalEra | British colonial period in Jamaica ⓘ |
| historicalRole | center of anti-colonial protest in Jamaica ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbol of resistance to colonial oppression in Jamaica ⓘ |
| isCoastalTown | true ⓘ |
| knownFor | Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Saint Thomas Parish
ⓘ
southeastern Jamaica ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland |
Jamaica
ⓘ
surface form:
island of Jamaica
|
| nearbyBodyOfWater | Caribbean Sea coast ⓘ |
| partOf | County of Surrey (Jamaica) ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
Jamaican Patois
ⓘ
surface form:
Jamaican English
Jamaican Patois ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Morant Bay Rebellion
ⓘ
surface form:
Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865
|
| timeZone | Jamaica Standard Time ⓘ |
| transportRole | local transport hub for eastern Jamaica ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | −5 ⓘ |
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.