Savanna-la-Mar
Savanna-la-Mar is the chief town and capital of Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica. A coastal town, it contains an 18th-century fort constructed for colonial defence against pirates in the Caribbean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 16,600 residents
- Description: town in Jamaica
- Also known as: “Sav”, “Sav-la-Mar”, and “Savannah la Mar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Manning’s School.
Manning’s School
Building
Manning's School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, Jamaica, which started offering classes in 1738, is the oldest continuously operating high school in Jamaica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petersfield and Frome.
Petersfield
Village
Petersfield is a small town in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica. It shares its name with five other places in Jamaica. The town was founded in the 18th century and named after Peter Beckford, a slave owner who settled the Roaring River Estate. Petersfield is situated 8 km northeast of Savanna-la-Mar.
Frome
Town
Frome is a small village centered on the sugar mill of the eponymous estate in Westmoreland, Jamaica. Frome is situated 8 km north of Savanna-la-Mar.
Broughton
Village
Broughton is situated on the south western coast of Westmoreland, Jamaica. Broughton is home to roughly 500 people. Most are fishermen, shop owners, and subsistence farmers, or work in nearby Negril and Savanna-la-Mar. Broughton is situated 9 km west of Savanna-la-Mar.
Savanna-la-Mar
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Savanna-la-mar Business Dist., Westmoreland, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.21937° or 18° 13′ 10″ northLongitude
-78.13267° or 78° 7′ 58″ westPopulation
16,600Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)United Nations Location Code
JM SLMOpen location code
77C36V98+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 290162360OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Savanna-la-Mar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سفانا لامار”
- Asturian: “Savanna-la-Mar”
- Belarusian: “Савана-ла-Мар”
- Catalan: “Savanna-la-Mar”
- Cebuano: “Savanna-la-Mar”
- Chinese: “濱海薩凡納”
- Dutch: “Savanna-la-Mar”
- French: “Savanna-la-Mar”
- German: “Savanna-la-Mar”
- German: “Savanna-La-Mar”
- Greek: “Σαβάννα-λα-Μαρ”
- Hebrew: “סבנה לה מאר”
- Italian: “Savanna-la-Mar”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Savlamaar, Jumieka”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Savlamaar”
- Japanese: “サバナラマル”
- Northern Frisian: “Savanna-la-Mar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Savanna-la-Mar”
- Polish: “Savanna-la-Mar”
- Russian: “Саванна-ла-Мар”
- Spanish: “Savanna-la-Mar”
- Swedish: “Savanna-la-Mar”
- Ukrainian: “Саванна-ла-Мар”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Westmoreland Parish Library and Jamaica Police Westmoreland.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Savanna-la-Mar”. Photo: Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0.