Black River
Black River is a coastal town in southwestern Jamaica. It is the parish capital of St Elizabeth and developed as a port around the mouth of the river of the same name.
- Type: Village with 4,230 residents
- Description: Jamaican parochial capital
- Also known as: “Black River (Plaats in Jamaica)”, “Black River, Jamaica”, and “Блэк-ривер (Ямайка)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Black River High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middle Quarters.
Middle Quarters
Village
Middle Quarters is a settlement in Saint Elizabeth Parish in Jamaica. Middle Quarters is situated 9 km north of Black River.
Black River
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Black River, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.02417° or 18° 1′ 27″ north
Longitude
-77.84801° or 77° 50′ 53″ west
Population
4,230
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
UN/LOCODE
JM BLR
Open location code
77C425F2+MQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Black River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “النهر الأسود”
- Asturian: “Black River”
- Belarusian: “Блэк-Рывер”
- Cebuano: “Black River”
- Chinese: “布莱克里弗”
- Dutch: “Black River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “النهر الاسود”
- Esperanto: “Nigra Rivero”
- French: “Black River”
- Galician: “Black River”
- German: “Black River”
- Greek: “Μπλακ Ρίβερ”
- Hebrew: “בלאק ריבר”
- Igbo: “Osimiri ojii, Jamaica”
- Igbo: “Osimiri ojii”
- Italian: “Black River”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Blak Riva, Jumieka”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Blak Riva”
- Japanese: “ブラック・リバー”
- Northern Frisian: “Black River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Black River”
- Persian: “بلک ریور”
- Persian: “رود سیاه”
- Polish: “Black River”
- Portuguese: “Black River”
- Russian: “Блэк-Ривер”
- Spanish: “Black River”
- Swedish: “Black River”
- Ukrainian: “Блек-Ривер”
- Urdu: “بلیک ریور، جمیکا”
- Urdu: “بلیک ریور”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: New Town and Flat Rocks.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Black River Farmer’s Market and Black River Police Station.
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Worth a closer look: Kingston and Montego Bay.
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