๐ฏ๐ฒ Spanish Town is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the historic county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the Spanish and British capital of Jamaica from 1534 until 1872. The town is home to numerous memorials, the national archives, and one of the oldest Anglican churches outside England.
The Spanish settlement of Villa de la Vega was founded by governor Francisco de Garay in 1534 as the capital of the colony. Later, it was also called Santiago de la Vega or St. Jago de la Vega. Indigenous Taino had been living in the area for approximately a millennium before this, but this was the first European habitation on the south of the island.
Spanish Town is sometimes referred to colloquially as "Spain" or "Prison Oval" within Jamaica. The latter nickname is a reference to the cricket pitch or oval located just outside the St. Catherine District Prison, where some inmates can get a limited view of the sport through their cell windows. Association football is also played at the Prison Oval; Rivoli United F.C. is the major team.
The town had one of the first Spanish cathedrals to be built in the New World, constructed around 1525. Many Christian denominations have churches or meeting halls in the town, including a Roman Catholic church and Wesleyan, Baptist and Seventh-day Adventist chapels. There is also a mosque.
Standing untouched in character is a historic alms-house, public hospital, and a penal institution built in the eighteenth century. The town contains a factory that manufactures dyes from logwood, a salt factory, and a rice processing plant. In the neighbourhood are five large sugar estates, a milk condensary, and a large textile mill.
Spanish Town is on the main A1 (Kingston to Lucea) and A2 (Spanish Town to Savanna-la-Mar) roads. It is well served by buses, mini buses and taxis, which operate from the Spanish Town Transport Hub.
Spanish Town has a population of over 145,018 people.
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Lambeth, England๐ธ๐ฝ Philipsburg 18.03
๐ฏ๐ฒ Mandeville 18.033
๐ฏ๐ฒ Manchester 18.05
๐ฏ๐ฒ St. Elizabeth 18.05
๐ฒ๐ฝ Villahermosa 17.987
๐ฒ๐ฝ Lรกzaro Cรกrdenas 17.95
๐ฏ๐ฒ Morant Bay 17.894
๐บ๐ธ Eldersburg -76.95
๐บ๐ธ Harrisburg -76.795
๐บ๐ธ Ellicott City -76.783
๐บ๐ธ Upper Marlboro -76.75
๐บ๐ธ Westminster -76.996
๐ต๐ช Villa El Salvador -77
๐บ๐ธ Silver Spring -77.021
๐บ๐ธ Williamsport -77.022
๐ต๐ช San Isidro -77.033
๐บ๐ธ Alexandria -77.044
๐จ๐ด Buenaventura -77.079
Locations Near: Spanish Town -76.9551,17.9959
๐ฏ๐ฒ Portmore -76.874,17.954 d: 9.8
๐ฏ๐ฒ Kingston -76.783,18.008 d: 18.3
๐ฏ๐ฒ May Pen -77.245,17.965 d: 30.9
๐ฏ๐ฒ Clarendon -77.283,18 d: 34.7
๐ฏ๐ฒ Saint Ann Parish -77.259,18.323 d: 48.5
๐ฏ๐ฒ Port Antonio -76.45,18.167 d: 56.7
๐ฏ๐ฒ Mandeville -77.5,18.033 d: 57.8
๐ฏ๐ฒ Manchester -77.533,18.05 d: 61.4
๐ฏ๐ฒ Morant Bay -76.326,17.894 d: 67.5
๐ฏ๐ฒ St. Elizabeth -77.783,18.05 d: 87.8
Antipodal to: Spanish Town 103.045,-17.996
๐ฎ๐ฉ Sukabumi 106.926,-6.921 d: 18713.8
๐ฎ๐ฉ Singaparna 108.11,-7.35 d: 18710.4
๐ฎ๐ฉ Tasikmalaya 108.198,-7.316 d: 18702.9
๐ฎ๐ฉ Cilacap 109,-7.733 d: 18704.5
๐ฎ๐ฉ Ciamis 108.333,-7.317 d: 18696.7
๐ฎ๐ฉ Bogor 106.797,-6.597 d: 18683.8
๐ฎ๐ฉ Cimahi 107.555,-6.871 d: 18685
๐ฎ๐ฉ Bandung 107.571,-6.877 d: 18684.9