Jamaica
Saint Andrew Parish
Half Way Tree

Half Way Tree

Half Way Tree is a neighbourhood in the city of . It is the parish capital of . Half Way Tree is served by the Kingston 10 post office.
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  • Type: Suburb with 18,600 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica
  • Also known as: “Half-Way Tree” and “Half-Way Tree, Kingston”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Emancipation Park and Trinity Moravian Church.

Park
is a public park in . The is in New Kingston, opened on 31 July 2002, the day before Emancipation Day. Prime Minister P.J.

Place of worship
Photo: Fred Linyard, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
houses a congregation of the Jamaican province of the Moravian Church. It was established in 1954 as part of the bicentenary celebrations of the Moravian Church in Jamaica.

Government office
The Embassy of Japan in Kingston is the official diplomatic mission of in , and is also accredited to and . Its current ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary is Yasuhiro Atsumi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crossroads and Trenchtown.

Suburb
Cross Roads is a primarily commercial neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica. It is centered on the intersection of five major roads: Slipe Road, Half Way Tree Road, Old Hope Road, Caledonia Avenue and Marescaux Road.

Neighborhood
Photo: YardEdge, CC BY 2.0.
Trench Town is a neighbourhood located in the parish of , part of which is in , the capital and largest city of . Today Trench Town is the location of the Trench Town Culture Yard Museum, a National Heritage Site presenting the unique history and contribution of Trench Town to Jamaica. is situated 3 km south of Half Way Tree.

Suburb
is an area of the island of . Its name came from the language of the Arawak people who currently inhabit some of the island's rural areas in . and named it after the iguana lizard that is endemic to the island, revered reptiles… is situated 3 km east of Half Way Tree.

Half Way Tree

Latitude
18.01188° or 18° 0′ 43″ north
Longitude
-76.79686° or 76° 47′ 49″ west
Population
18,600
Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)
Open location code
77C52663+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2742199250
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3490165
Wiki­data ID
Q1423367
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Half Way Tree” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “哈夫韋特里”
  • Chinese: “哈夫韦特里”
  • Dutch: “Half Way Tree”
  • French: “Half Way Tree”
  • German: “Half Way Tree”
  • Greek: “Χαφ Γουέι Τρι”
  • Italian: “Half Way Tree”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Aafwe Chrii, Sint Anju, Jumieka”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Aafwe Chrii”
  • Japanese: “ハーフ・ウェイ・ツリー”
  • Northern Frisian: “Half Way Tree”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Half Way Tree”
  • Polish: “Half Way Tree”
  • Russian: “Хаф-Уэй-Три”
  • Spanish: “Half Way Tree”
  • Swedish: “Half Way Tree”
  • Swedish: “Halfway Tree”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаф-Вей-Три”
  • Ukrainian: “Хаф-Вей-Три”
  • Urdu: “ہاف وے ٹری”
  • Uzbek: “Half Way Tree”
  • Welsh: “Half Way Tree”

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