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.
- Town with about 8,220 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- …is also known as “Santa Cruz, Jamaica”
- Description: populated place in Jamaica
Places of Interest
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lacovia and Malvern.
Santa Cruz
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Latitude
18.05304° or 18° 3′ 11″ north
Longitude
-77.69964° or 77° 41′ 59″ west
UN/LOCODE
JM STC
Open location code
77C43832+64
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Santa Cruz” goes by many names.
سانتاکروزPersian
Santa CruzPolish
Santa CruzSwedish
سانتا کروزUrdu
سانتا کروز، جمیکاUrdu
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