Manchester Parish

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Manchester Parish is a parish in west-central Jamaica known for its capital town Mandeville and its cool, elevated interior.

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Label Occurrences
Manchester Parish canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parish of Jamaica
borderedBy Clarendon Parish
Saint Elizabeth Parish
surface form: St Elizabeth Parish

Trelawny Parish
capital Mandeville
country Jamaica
elevationCharacteristic generally high above sea level
hasAgriculturalProduct citrus
coffee
ground provisions
hasClimate tropical highland climate
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
bauxite mining
hasEducationalInstitution Northern Caribbean University
hasIndustry alumina processing
hasMajorTown Christiana
Mandeville
Newport
Porus
Spur Tree
Williamsfield
hasNotableFeature Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park
surface form: Cockpit Country fringe

Karst limestone topography
cooler temperatures than coastal Jamaica
hasRelief plateau
hasSettlementType parish
hasTerrain mountainous interior
hasTown Mandeville
hasTransportInfrastructure main road from Mandeville to Kingston
main road from Mandeville to Montego Bay
knownFor cool climate
elevated interior
locatedIn Jamaica
locatedInRegion west-central Jamaica
namedAfter William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester
partOf County of Middlesex (Jamaica)
surface form: County of Middlesex, Jamaica
timeZone Jamaica Standard Time
UTCOffset −5

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Referenced by (11)

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

Mandeville locatedIn Manchester Parish
Mandeville capitalOf Manchester Parish
Mandeville Regional Hospital serves Manchester Parish
Belair High School parish Manchester Parish
DeCarteret College locatedIn Manchester Parish
DeCarteret College regionServed Manchester Parish
Manchester Municipal Corporation parish Manchester Parish
Northern Caribbean University parish Manchester Parish