Saint James Parish

St. James is a suburban parish, located on the north-west end of the island of in the county of Cornwall. Its capital is . Montego Bay was officially named the second city of Jamaica, behind , in 1981, although Montego Bay became a city in 1980 through an act of the Jamaican Parliament.
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  • Type: parish of Jamaica with 180,000 residents
  • Description: parish of Jamaica
  • Also known as: Saint James Parish, Jamaica”, “Saint James, Jamaica”, “St. James”, “St. James Parish”, and “St. James, Jamaica

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anchovy and Hopeton.

Village
is a small town in the parish of Saint James in northwestern . It is located 7 kilometres southwest of . is situated 6 km northwest of Saint James Parish.

Hamlet
is a settlement in .

Village
is located near the western boundary of Saint James Parish, , approximately 10 kilometres from the parish's capital . The which marks the boundary between Saint James Parish and Hanover Parish separated the Old and New plantations from Shettlewood Pen. is situated 5 km west of Saint James Parish.

Saint James Parish

Latitude
18.3833° or 18° 23′ north
Longitude
-77.8833° or 77° 53′ west
Population
180,000
Elevation
416 metres (1,365 feet)
Open location code
77C494M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
3488700
Wiki­data ID
Q1421939
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Saint James Parish” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أبرشية سانت جيمس، جامايكا
  • Basque: Saint James
  • Belarusian: прыход Сент-Джэймс
  • Belarusian: Сент-Джэймс (прыход, Ямайка)
  • Belarusian: Сент-Джэймс
  • Bengali: সেইন্ট জেমস পারিশ
  • Breton: Saint James Parish (Jamaika)
  • Breton: Saint James Parish
  • Catalan: Saint James
  • Cebuano: Parish of Saint James
  • Chinese: 圣詹姆斯区
  • Chinese: 聖詹姆斯區
  • Chinese: 聖詹姆斯堂區
  • Czech: Saint James Parish
  • Danish: Saint James Parish
  • Dutch: Saint James
  • Esperanto: Paroĥo Sankta Jakobo
  • Finnish: Saint Jamesin pitäjä
  • French: Paroisse de Saint James
  • French: Saint James Parish
  • French: Saint James
  • Galician: Saint James
  • German: JM-08
  • German: Saint James Parish
  • Greek: Άγιος Ιάκωβος
  • Greek: Σαιντ Τζέιμς
  • Gujarati: સેંટ જેમ્સ પૅરિશ
  • Hebrew: מחוז סיינט ג’יימס
  • Hindi: सेंट जेम्स पेरिश, जमाइका
  • Hindi: सेंट जेम्स पेरिश
  • Indonesian: Paroki Saint James
  • Irish: Paróiste Saint James
  • Italian: parrocchia di Saint James
  • Italian: Parrocchia di Saint James
  • Jamaican Creole English: Sin Jiemz Parish, Jumieka
  • Jamaican Creole English: Sin Jiemz Parish
  • Japanese: セント・ジェームズ教区
  • Kannada: ಸೇಂಟ್ ಜೇಮ್ಸ್ ಪ್ಯಾರಿಷ್
  • Korean: 세인트제임스구
  • Latvian: Sendžeimsa pagasts
  • Lithuanian: Saint Džeimso parapija
  • Malay: Saint James Parish
  • Marathi: सेंट जेम्स पॅरीश
  • Northern Frisian: Saint James (Sarkspal uun Jamaika)
  • Northern Frisian: Saint James
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Saint James Parish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: St. James Parish
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Saint James Parish på Jamaica
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Saint James Parish
  • Norwegian: Saint James Parish
  • Persian: پاریس سنت جیمز (جامائیکا)
  • Persian: پاریس سنت جیمز
  • Polish: Saint James
  • Portuguese: Saint James
  • Russian: Сент Джеймс
  • Russian: Сент-Джеймс
  • Russian: Сент-Джэймс
  • Sinhala: ශාන්ත ජේම්ස් කෝරලය
  • Sinhala: ශාන්ත ජේම්ස් පැරිෂ්, ජැමෙයිකාව
  • Slovenian: JM-08
  • Slovenian: Saint James Parish
  • Spanish: Parroquia de Saint James
  • Swedish: Parish of Saint James
  • Tamil: செயின்ட் ஜேம்ஸ் பாரிஸ்
  • Telugu: సెయింట్ జేమ్స్ పారిష్
  • Thai: ตำบลเซนต์เจมส์
  • Turkish: Saint James Parish
  • Turkish: Saint James, Jamaika
  • Ukrainian: Парафія Сент-Джеймс
  • Ukrainian: Сент-Джеймс
  • Urdu: سینٹ جیمز پیرش، جمیکا
  • Vietnamese: Giáo xứ Saint James

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