Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz is a town in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica. It is 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 8,220 residents
- Description: populated place in Jamaica
- Also known as: “Santa Cruz, Jamaica”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Elizabeth Technical High School.
St. Elizabeth Technical High School
School
St. Elizabeth Technical High School is a co-educational secondary school in Santa Cruz, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lacovia and Malvern.
Lacovia
Hamlet
Lacovia is a town in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, located on the Black River between the Upper Morass and the Lower Morass. Lacovia is situated 6 km northwest of Santa Cruz.
Malvern
Village
Malvern is a village in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Jamaica's St. Elizabeth parish. It is the site of Munro College, Hampton School, and Bethlehem Moravian College. Malvern is situated 9 km south of Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Santa Cruz, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.05304° or 18° 3′ 11″ northLongitude
-77.69964° or 77° 41′ 59″ westPopulation
8,220Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)United Nations Location Code
JM STCOpen location code
77C43832+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 307992103OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Santa Cruz” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Santa Cruz”
- Cebuano: “Santa Cruz”
- Chinese: “聖克魯斯”
- Dutch: “Santa Cruz”
- French: “Santa Cruz”
- German: “Santa Cruz”
- Persian: “سانتاکروز، جامائیکا”
- Persian: “سانتاکروز”
- Polish: “Santa Cruz”
- Swedish: “Santa Cruz”
- Urdu: “سانتا کروز، جمیکا”
- Urdu: “سانتا کروز”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mid Town Plaza and Santa Cruz Police Station.
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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 “Santa Cruz”. Photo: Acampbell3000, CC BY 3.0.