Porus
Porus is a village in Manchester, Jamaica, that overlooks a plain to the south, with hills behind it to the north. A tributary of the Rio Minho runs parallel to the main road, helping to keep the atmosphere cool.
- Village with about 5,920 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 140 metres (470 feet)
- …is also known as “Porus, Jamaica”
- Description: village in Manchester Parish in Jamaica
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clarendon Park and Kendal.
Clarendon Park
Village
Clarendon Park is a settlement in Clarendon Parish in south-central Jamaica.
6 km southeast of Porus
Kendal
Hamlet
Kendal is a small town in Manchester located between Mandeville and Christiana in central Jamaica.
10 km northwest of Porus
Porus
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Latitude
18.03557° or 18° 2′ 8″ north
Longitude
-77.41083° or 77° 24′ 39″ west
Open location code
77C42HPQ+6M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Porus” goes by many names.
PorusAsturian
ПорусBulgarian
PorusCebuano
波魯斯Chinese
PorusDutch
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