Port Royal

Port Royal is a small town located at the end of the , at the mouth of , in southeastern . Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest and most prosperous city in the , functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse and Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre.

Lighthouse
guides vessels westward on their approach to . It appears to be a historic daybeacon converted to a lighted aid. is situated 3½ km west of Port Royal.

Prison
Fort Augusta is a fortification in the parish of , . Originally built in the 1740s, from 1954 to 2017 the fort was used as a prison. is situated 3½ km north of Port Royal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portmore and Tivoli Gardens.

Photo: Raw9345, Public domain.
is a large coastal town in southern Jamaica in Saint Catherine, and a place of residence for people working in the neighbouring cities of and Spanish Town.

Neighborhood
is a in . Developed as a renewal project between 1963 and 1965, the neighbourhood continued to suffer from poverty. is situated 6 km northeast of Port Royal.

Photo: yonolatengo, CC BY 2.0.
, the capital and largest city of , is nestled on the southeastern coast of the island. Visitors often come to the birthplaces of reggae.

Port Royal

Latitude
17.93608° or 17° 56′ 10″ north
Longitude
-76.8418° or 76° 50′ 31″ west
Population
3,330
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JM PRO
Open location code
7795W5P5+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 53370352
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3488980
Wiki­data ID
Q685357
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Port Royal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بورت رويال”
  • Armenian: “Պորտ Ռոյալ”
  • Asturian: “Port Royal”
  • Azerbaijani: “Port-Royal”
  • Basque: “Port Royal (hiria)”
  • Basque: “Port Royal”
  • Belarusian: “Порт-Роял”
  • Catalan: “Port Royal”
  • Cebuano: “Port Royal”
  • Chinese: “皇家港”
  • Chinese: “罗亚尔港”
  • Chinese: “羅亞爾港”
  • Croatian: “Port Royal”
  • Czech: “Port Royal”
  • Danish: “Port Royal”
  • Dutch: “Port Royal (Jamaica)”
  • Dutch: “Port Royal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورت رويال”
  • Finnish: “Port Royal”
  • French: “Port Royal”
  • Galician: “Port Royal”
  • German: “Port Royal”
  • Greek: “Πορτ Ρόγιαλ”
  • Hebrew: “פורט רויאל”
  • Hungarian: “Port Royal”
  • Indonesian: “Port Royal”
  • Italian: “Port Royal”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Puot Rayal”
  • Japanese: “ポート・ロイヤル”
  • Japanese: “ポートロイヤル”
  • Korean: “포트로열”
  • Latvian: “Portrojāla”
  • Malay: “Port Royal”
  • Maltese: “Port Royal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Port Royal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Port Royal”
  • Norwegian: “Port Royal”
  • Persian: “پورت رویال”
  • Polish: “Port Royal”
  • Portuguese: “Port Royal”
  • Portuguese: “Port Royale”
  • Portuguese: “Port-Royal”
  • Romanian: “Port Royal”
  • Russian: “Кагуэй”
  • Russian: “Порт Ройял”
  • Russian: “Порт Рояль”
  • Russian: “Порт-Ройал”
  • Russian: “Порт-Ройял”
  • Russian: “Порт-Рояль”
  • Serbian: “Порт Ројал”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Port Royal”
  • Slovak: “Port Royal”
  • Slovenian: “Port Royal”
  • Spanish: “Port Royal”
  • Swedish: “Port Royal”
  • Turkish: “Port Royal”
  • Ukrainian: “Порт-Рояль”
  • Urdu: “پورٹ رائل”
  • Vietnamese: “Port Royal”
  • Welsh: “Port Royal”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Old Goal (pre 1692) and Caribbean Maritime University, Port Royal Campus.

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