๐ฏ๐ฒ Mandeville (Mandivl) is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It is located on an inland plateau at an altitude of 628 m (2061ย feet), and is 103ย km (64ย mi) west of Kingston. It is the only parish capital of Jamaica not located on the coast or on a major river.
Mandeville has a town square, parish church and clock tower, and many large, elegant early nineteenth-century houses line the winding streets in the town centre.
In the suburbs of the town many large houses have been built by returning residents from North America and the United Kingdom on an ad hoc basis. Developers have complemented these with large housing developments, some of which are constructed as gated communities. Prominent suburbs and surrounding areas include Ingleside, Battersea, Knockpatrick, Clover, Waltham, Bloomfield, Caledonia Meadows, Brumalia, Newport, Spur Tree, Kingsland, French Park, Swabys Hope, Lincoln, Greenvale and Marshalls Pen.
Mandeville is a major commercial centre, and is the location of Northern Caribbean University (formerly West Indies College), a Seventh-day Adventist institution of higher learning.
1History The town was laid out in 1816, and named after Viscount Mandeville, the eldest son of the Duke of Manchester, who was then governor of Jamaica.
Many of the original buildings can still be seen such as the courthouse, an impressive building of cut limestone with a horseshoe staircase and a raised portico supported by Doric columns and built in 1820. The staircase was added in about 1900.
Many of Jamaica's oldest businesses were started in Mandeville; the Mandeville Hotel, one of the oldest in the Caribbean, began operations in 1875. Its golf club, founded as the Manchester Golf Club in 1868, was the first golf course in the Caribbean. The first "free library" in Jamaica was established in 1938, and is the oldest Parish Library.
The growth of the town was given a substantial stimulus when the Alcan Bauxite Company in a joint venture with the Jamaican Government opened its Kirkvine works nearby at Williamsfield in 1957. It built houses at Mandeville for its then mostly expatriate staff. The relatively high wages lured many educated Jamaicans there. Subsequently, the town has seen an influx of Jamaican residents returning from abroad.
1Mandeville has a population of over 72,000 people. Mandeville also forms the centre of the wider Manchester Parish which has a population of over 190,812 people.
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๐ฏ๐ฒ Manchester 18.05
๐ฏ๐ฒ St. Elizabeth 18.05
๐ฒ๐ท Nouakchott 18.092
๐ฎ๐ณ Vizianagaram 18.116
๐ฒ๐ฝ Coatzacoalcos 18.144
๐ธ๐ฝ Philipsburg 18.03
๐ฏ๐ฒ Black River 18.026
๐ฏ๐ฒ St. Andrew 18.017
๐ฏ๐ฒ Spanish Town 17.996
๐ฒ๐ฝ Villahermosa 17.987
๐บ๐ธ Chesterfield -77.5
๐บ๐ธ Fredericksburg -77.471
๐บ๐ธ Centreville -77.465
๐บ๐ธ Jacksonville -77.425
๐บ๐ธ Petersburg -77.4
๐บ๐ธ Chesterfield -77.5
๐ฏ๐ฒ Manchester -77.533
๐บ๐ธ Irondequoit -77.567
๐จ๐ฆ Quinte West -77.603
Locations Near: Mandeville -77.5,18.0333
๐ฏ๐ฒ Manchester -77.533,18.05 d: 4
๐ฏ๐ฒ Clarendon -77.283,18 d: 23.2
๐ฏ๐ฒ May Pen -77.245,17.965 d: 28
๐ฏ๐ฒ St. Elizabeth -77.783,18.05 d: 30
๐ฏ๐ฒ Black River -77.851,18.026 d: 37.1
๐ฏ๐ฒ Saint Ann Parish -77.259,18.323 d: 41
๐ฏ๐ฒ Falmouth -77.657,18.491 d: 53.5
๐ฏ๐ฒ Spanish Town -76.955,17.996 d: 57.8
๐ฏ๐ฒ St. Andrew -76.9,18.017 d: 63.5
๐ฏ๐ฒ Montego Bay -77.919,18.469 d: 65.6
Antipodal to: Mandeville 102.5,-18.033
๐ฎ๐ฉ Jatinegara 106.167,-6.817 d: 18706.1
๐ฎ๐ฉ Sukabumi 106.926,-6.921 d: 18689.7
๐ฎ๐ฉ Parigi 108.533,-7.683 d: 18691.9
๐ฎ๐ฉ Pangandaran 108.657,-7.697 d: 18686.5
๐ฎ๐ฉ Cigantang 108.187,-7.408 d: 18682.8
๐ฎ๐ฉ Singaparna 108.11,-7.35 d: 18680.8
๐ฎ๐ฉ Banten 106.25,-6.5 d: 18669.7
๐ฎ๐ฉ Tasikmalaya 108.198,-7.316 d: 18673.1