Spanish Town
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Spanish Town is a historic Jamaican city that served as the island’s former capital and remains an important cultural and administrative center.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spanish Town Square | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
former national capital ⓘ |
| climateType | tropical climate ⓘ |
| country | Jamaica ⓘ |
| demonym | Spanish Town resident ⓘ |
| formerCapitalOf |
Colony of Jamaica
ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ |
| governedBy | Municipal Corporation of Saint Catherine ⓘ |
| hasCulturalActivity |
heritage tourism
ⓘ
local festivals ⓘ religious events ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
commerce
ⓘ
public administration ⓘ retail trade ⓘ |
| hasFunction | government services center for Saint Catherine Parish ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
British colonial heritage
ⓘ
Spanish colonial heritage ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
center of British colonial administration in Jamaica for a period
ⓘ
center of Spanish colonial administration in Jamaica ⓘ one of the oldest continuously inhabited towns in Jamaica ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Old House of Assembly building
ⓘ
Old King’s House site ⓘ Rodney Memorial ⓘ Spanish Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Town Square
St Jago de la Vega Cathedral ⓘ |
| hasPostalRole | postal center for Saint Catherine Parish ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite |
Anglican churches
ⓘ
Catholic churches ⓘ Protestant churches ⓘ |
| hasRole |
administrative center
ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ parish capital of Saint Catherine ⓘ |
| hasUrbanType |
historic town
ⓘ
suburban area of Kingston Metropolitan Area ⓘ |
| languageUsed | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Saint Catherine Parish ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Greater Antilles ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Jamaica Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Kingston ⓘ |
| locatedOn | island of Jamaica ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Kingston ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kingston
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingston Metropolitan Area
|
| roadServedBy |
Highway 2000
ⓘ
Spanish Town Road ⓘ |
| timeZoneUTCOffset | UTC−05:00 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Spanish Town Square