Spanish Town, Jamaica

E208585
city former national capital

Spanish Town, Jamaica is a historic city that served as the former capital of Jamaica and is known for its colonial architecture and cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Spanish Town, Jamaica canonical 7
Spanish colony of Santiago (Jamaica) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
former national capital ⓘ
associatedWithEvent British colonial administration of Jamaica ⓘ
Spanish colonial period in Jamaica ⓘ
capitalOf St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
surface form: Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
capitalStatusEnd 1872 ⓘ
capitalStatusStart 1534 ⓘ
climate tropical climate ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
demographicGroup predominantly Afro-Jamaican population ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Jamaica ⓘ
formerName Santiago de la Vega ⓘ
Villa de la Vega ⓘ
foundedAs capital of the Spanish colony of Jamaica ⓘ
foundedBy Spanish colonists ⓘ
foundedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
foundedInYear 1534 ⓘ
foundingCountry Spain ⓘ
governingBody St. Catherine Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity commerce ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ
services ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution St. Catherine High School ⓘ
St. Jago High School ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation historic district ⓘ
hasLandmark Old King’s House site ⓘ
surface form: Old King’s House

Rodney Memorial ⓘ
Spanish Town Cathedral ⓘ
Spanish Town ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Town Square

Saint Catherine Parish ⓘ
surface form: St. Catherine Parish Court

St Jago de la Vega Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: St. Jago de la Vega Cathedral
hasReligiousBuilding Anglican cathedral ⓘ
Roman Catholic church ⓘ
hasRiver Rio Cobre ⓘ
knownFor colonial architecture ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
historic town square ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
localDialect Jamaican Patois ⓘ
locatedIn St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
surface form: Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
locatedInTimeZone Jamaica Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn island of Jamaica ⓘ
locatedWestOf Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea Kingston Metropolitan Area ⓘ
populationEstimate over 100,000 inhabitants ⓘ
replacedAsCapitalBy Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
roadAccessVia Highway 2000 ⓘ
transportServedBy Spanish Town railway station ⓘ
utcOffset −05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grace Jones → placeOfBirth → Spanish Town, Jamaica ⓘ
Asafa Powell → placeOfBirth → Spanish Town, Jamaica ⓘ
Grace Beverly Jones → placeOfBirth → Spanish Town, Jamaica ⓘ
Spanish Town Road → connects → Spanish Town, Jamaica ⓘ
Spanish Town Road → terminusB → Spanish Town, Jamaica ⓘ
Spanish Town Road → namedAfter → Spanish Town, Jamaica ⓘ
English conquest of Jamaica → target → Spanish Town, Jamaica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish colony of Santiago (Jamaica)
House of Assembly of Jamaica → metIn → Spanish Town, Jamaica ⓘ