Gordon Town
Gordon Town is a settlement in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica. It has a population of 1,067 as of 2009. Reggae musician Judah Eskender Tafari was born in Gordon Town, as was Henry Arthur Campbell, electrical engineer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,090 residents
- Description: place in Surrey, Jamaica
- Also known as: “Gordon Town, Jamaica”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Strawberry Hill and Hope Botanical Gardens.
Strawberry Hill
Hotel
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Strawberry Hill is a Jamaican hotel located in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. It is owned by Chris Blackwell, a philanthropist and entertainment entrepreneur who founded Island Records, Palm Pictures and Island Outpost, a company that owns and operates his boutique hotels.
Hope Botanical Gardens
Garden
Photo: RoadTripWarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hope Botanical Gardens, also known as the Royal Botanical Gardens, is a 200-acre park and gardens located in St Andrew, Jamaica. Hope Botanical Gardens is situated 3½ km southwest of Gordon Town.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Liguanea and Beverly Hills.
Liguanea
Suburb
Liguanea is an area of the island of Jamaica. Its name came from the language of the Arawak people who currently inhabit some of the island's rural areas in Cornwall County. and named it after the iguana lizard that is endemic to the island, revered reptiles… Liguanea is situated 6 km west of Gordon Town.
Beverly Hills
Neighborhood
Beverly Hills is an upscale neighbourhood in Kingston, Jamaica. The association can be contacted at:… Beverly Hills is situated 6 km southwest of Gordon Town.
Mavis Bank
Village
Photo: IchHier--15er, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mavis Bank is a rural coffee farming community approximately 10 miles north east of Kingston, Jamaica in east rural St. Andrew in the Blue Mountains, close to the border of Portland. Mavis Bank is situated 6 km east of Gordon Town.
Gordon Town
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Gordon Town, Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.03645° or 18° 2′ 11″ northLongitude
-76.71895° or 76° 43′ 8″ westPopulation
1,090Elevation
353 metres (1,158 feet)Open location code
77C527PJ+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3126227601OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3490293Wikidata ID
Q5585918
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gordon Town” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gordon Town”
- Dutch: “Gordon Town”
- Swedish: “Gordon Town”
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