Saint Elizabeth Parish
St. Elizabeth, one of Jamaica's largest parishes, is located in the southwest of the island, in the county of Cornwall.
Latitude and longitude of Santa Cruz
Satellite map of Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz is a town in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, on the A2 road connecting Black River to Mandeville. A minor market village until the 1950s, the development of nearby areas for bauxite mining stimulated its growth in the 1950s and 1960s, as did the establishment of the St. Elizabeth Technical High School in 1961.
Population: 8,217
Latitude: 18° 03' 12.10" N
Longitude: -77° 41' 54.10" W
Articles of interest in Santa Cruz
49 Articles of interest near Santa Cruz, Jamaica
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Saint Ann is the largest parish in Jamaica. It is situated on the north coast of the island, in the county of Middlesex, roughly halfway between the eastern and western ends of the island. It is often called "the Garden Parish of Jamaica" on account…
Mandeville, Jamaica
Mandeville is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. In 2005, the town had an estimated population of 50,000, and including the immediate suburbs within a radius of 16 km (9.9 mi) the total popu…
Manchester Parish
The Parish of Manchester is located in west-central Jamaica, in the county of Middlesex. Its capital, Mandeville, is a major business centre, and the only parish capital not located on the coast or on a major river. The Right Excellent Norman Washin…
Accompong
Accompong (from the Akan name Acheampong) is a historical maroon village, located in the hills of St. Elizabeth Parish in Jamaica, consolidated by a treaty in 1739. It is located in one of the two areas where runaway slaves settled, originally with …
Tranquility Bay
Tranquility Bay was a residential treatment facility affiliated with World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASP), that operated from 1997 to early 2009. It was located in Calabash Bay, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica.
Northern Caribbean University
Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is a private, liberal-arts institution owned and operated by the Jamaica Union Conference (JAMU) and the Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission (ACUM) of Seventh-day Adventists, and is located in Jamaica. With its main …
Black River (Jamaica)
The Black River is one of the longest rivers in Jamaica. At a length of 53.4 km (33.2 mi), it was believed to be the longest until it was discovered that the Rio Minho was 92.8 km long. Its name refers to the darkness of the river bed caused by thic…
Munro College
Munro College is a prominent boarding school for boys in St Elizabeth, Jamaica. It was founded in 1856 as the Potsdam School (named for the city of Potsdam) a free school for poor boys in St. Elizabeth as stipulated in the will of plantation owners …
Knox College, Jamaica
Knox College, also known as the Knox complex of schools, is an educational complex in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica.
Santa Cruz, Jamaica
Santa Cruz is a town in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, on the A2 road connecting Black River to Mandeville. A minor market village until the 1950s, the development of nearby areas for bauxite mining stimulated its growth in the 1950s and 1960s, as did th…
White House, Jamaica
White House is a settlement in Jamaica. It has a population of 3,476 as of 2009. Accommodating just under 4,000 residents now, Whitehouse is known traditionally for its vibrant fishing industry.
Christiana, Jamaica
Christiana is a settlement in Jamaica.
Malvern, Jamaica
Malvern is a village in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Jamaica's St.
Maggotty
Maggotty is a settlement in Jamaica. It has a population of 1,335 as of 2009.Maggotty was a Bauxite mining town in the 1960s and 1970s. The Revere Bauxite plant polluted the longest river on the Island of Jamaica, the Black river.
Lacovia High School
Lacovia High School (COBY) is a government-owned, co-educational, first-to-fifth form, non-traditional, secondary school located in Lacovia in the parish of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. According to Go-Local Jamaica, an online branch of the Jamaica Gleane…
Kendal, Jamaica
Kendal is a small town in the centre of Jamaica, located in Manchester Parish.
St. Elizabeth Technical High School
St. Elizabeth Technical High School is a secondary school in the Santa Cruz plains in the parish of St.