Saint Thomas Parish
Saint Thomas, once known as Saint Thomas in the East, is a suburban parish situated at the south eastern end of Jamaica, within the county of Surrey. It is the birthplace of Paul Bogle, designated in 1969 as one of Jamaica's seven National Heroes. Morant Bay, its chief town and capital, is the site of the Morant Bay Rebellion in 1865, of which Bogle was a leader.- Type: parish of Jamaica with 93,300 residents
- Description: parish of Jamaica
- Also known as: “east”, “JM-03”, “Paroisse de Saint Thomas”, “Paróquia de Saint Thomas”, “Paróquia de Saint Thomas, Jamaica”, “Paróquia de St. Thomas”, “Paróquia de St. Thomas, Jamaica”, “Saint Thomas in the East Parish, Jamaica”, “Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica”, “Saint Thomas-in-the-East”, “St Thomas Parish, Jamaica”, “St Thomas, Jamaica”, “St. Thomas”, “St. Thomas in the East Parish”, “St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica”, and “Yahllas”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morant Bay and Lyssons.
Lyssons
Village
Lyssons is a largely residential community located in the parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica. Lyssons is situated 6 km east of Saint Thomas Parish.
Saint Thomas Parish
- Location: Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
17.9° or 17° 54′ north
Longitude
-76.4333° or 76° 26′ west
Population
93,300
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
UN/LOCODE
JM STH
Open location code
7795WH28+2M
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Vietnamese—“Saint Thomas Parish” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሴንት ቶማስ ፓሪሽ”
- Arabic: “أبرشية سانت توماس”
- Asturian: “Parroquia de Saint Thomas”
- Azerbaijani: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Azerbaijani: “Sent-Tomas parişi”
- Basque: “Saint Thomas”
- Bengali: “সেন্ট থমাস পারিশ”
- Bulgarian: “Сейнт Томас”
- Catalan: “Saint Thomas”
- Cebuano: “Parish of Saint Thomas”
- Chinese: “圣托马斯区”
- Chinese: “聖托馬斯區”
- Chinese: “聖托馬斯堂區”
- Danish: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Dutch: “Saint Thomas”
- Finnish: “Saint Thomasin kunta”
- French: “Paroisse de Saint-Thomas”
- French: “Saint-Thomas”
- German: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Greek: “Άγιος Θωμάς”
- Greek: “Σαιντ Τόμας”
- Gujarati: “સેંટ થોમસ પૅરિશ”
- Hausa: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Hebrew: “סנט תומאס”
- Hindi: “सेंट थॉमस पैरिश”
- Indonesian: “Paroki Saint Thomas”
- Italian: “parrocchia di Saint Thomas”
- Italian: “Parrocchia di Saint Thomas”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Sin Tamas Parish, Jumieka”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Sin Tamas Parish”
- Japanese: “セント・トーマス教区”
- Javanese: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಥಾಮಸ್ ಪ್ಯಾರಿಷ್”
- Kazakh: “Сент-Томас Parish”
- Kirghiz: “Сент-Томас Parish”
- Korean: “세인트토머스구”
- Latvian: “Sentomasa pagasts”
- Lithuanian: “Švento Tomaso parapija, Jamaika”
- Lithuanian: “Švento Tomaso parapija”
- Malay: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Marathi: “सेंट थॉमस परश”
- Northern Frisian: “Saint Thomas (Sarkspal uun Jamaika)”
- Northern Frisian: “Saint Thomas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint Thomas Parish på Jamaica”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Norwegian: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Oromo: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Panjabi: “ਸੇਂਟ ਥਾਮਸ ਪੈਰਿਸ਼”
- Persian: “پریش سنت توماس (جامائیکا)”
- Persian: “پریش سنت توماس”
- Polish: “Saint Thomas”
- Portuguese: “Saint Thomas”
- Pushto: “سینټ تومس پیرش”
- Russian: “Сент-Томас”
- Sinhala: “ශාන්ත තෝමස් පැරිෂ්, ජැමෙයිකාව”
- Sinhala: “ශාන්ත තෝමස් ප්රාන්තය”
- Somali: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Spanish: “Parroquia de Saint Thomas”
- Swahili: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Swedish: “Parish of Saint Thomas”
- Tajik: “Парши Сент-Томас”
- Tamil: “செயின்ட் தாமஸ் பாரிஸ்”
- Tatar: “Парши Сент-Томас”
- Telugu: “సెయింట్ థామస్ పారిష్”
- Thai: “เซนต์โทมัส”
- Turkish: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Turkish: “Saint Thomas, Jamaika”
- Ukrainian: “Парафія Сент-Томас”
- Ukrainian: “Сент-Томас”
- Urdu: “سینٹ تھامس پیرش، جمیکا”
- Uzbek: “Saint Thomas Parish”
- Vietnamese: “Giáo xứ Saint Thomas”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Morant Estate and Summit Gardens.
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Highlights: Red Hills Cemetery and Belvedere Point.
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