Port Royal
Port Royal is a small town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest and most prosperous city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Village with about 3,140 residents
- Description: settlement in Jamaica
Places of Interest
Discover Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse and Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre.
Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse guides vessels westward on their approach to Kingston Harbour.
3½ km west of Port Royal
Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre
Prison
Fort Augusta is a fortification in the parish of St Catherine, Jamaica.
3½ km north of Port Royal
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmore and Tivoli Gardens.
Port Royal
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Latitude
17.93608° or 17° 56′ 10″ north
Longitude
-76.8418° or 76° 50′ 31″ west
UN/LOCODE
JM PRO
Open location code
7795W5P5+C7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Port Royal” goes by many names.
بورت رويالArabic
Պորտ ՌոյալArmenian
Port RoyalAsturian
Port-RoyalAzerbaijani
Port RoyalBasque
Port Royal (hiria)Basque
Порт-РоялBelarusian
Port RoyalCatalan
Port RoyalCebuano
皇家港Chinese
罗亚尔港Chinese
羅亞爾港Chinese
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Port RoyalCzech
Port RoyalDanish
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Port Royal (Jamaica)Dutch
بورت رويالEgyptian Arabic
Port RoyalFinnish
Port RoyalGalician
Πορτ ΡόγιαλGreek
פורט רויאלHebrew
Port RoyalHungarian
Port RoyalIndonesian
Port RoyalItalian
Puot RayalJamaican Creole English
ポート・ロイヤルJapanese
포트로열Korean
PortrojālaLatvian
Port RoyalMalay
Port RoyalMaltese
Port RoyalNorwegian
Port RoyalNorwegian Bokmål
Port RoyalNorwegian Nynorsk
پورت رویالPersian
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Port RoyalRomanian
КагуэйRussian
Порт-РойалRussian
Порт-РойялRussian
Порт-РояльRussian
Порт РојалSerbian
Port RoyalSerbo-Croatian
Port RoyalSlovak
Port RoyalSlovenian
Port RoyalSwedish
Port RoyalTurkish
Порт-РояльUkrainian
پورٹ رائلUrdu
Port RoyalVietnamese
Port RoyalWelsh
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lazaretto and Port Henderson.
Notable Places Nearby
Discover The Old Goal (pre 1692) and Morgan’s Line, Fort Morgan (Historic).
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Jamaica: Highlights
Learn more about Kingston and Montego Bay.
