Above Rocks
Above Rocks is a town in the parish of Saint Catherine in Jamaica. Above Rocks was populated in the early 19th century by refugees from the Haitian Revolution. St Mary's College, a Catholic secondary school, can be found in the town of Above Rocks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Temple Hall and Sligoville.
Temple Hall
Village
Temple Hall is a predominantly residential community in northern St Andrew, Jamaica. It is named after the estate and great house which it adjoins. It is bounded to the east by the Wag Water River and is essentially a linear settlement strung out along a short section of the A3 road at an elevation of about 1,000 feet. Temple Hall is situated 6 km east of Above Rocks.
Sligoville
Hamlet
Sligoville is a small community approximately 10 miles from Spanish Town in the parish of St. Catherine on the island of Jamaica. Sligoville is situated 7 km west of Above Rocks.
Stony Hill
Village
Stony Hill is a residential neighbourhood in St. Andrew Parish, Surrey County, on the northern outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica. As of 2009 it had a population of 8,388. Stony Hill is situated 9 km east of Above Rocks.
Above Rocks
- Type: Town with 5,260 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Above Rocks, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.10787° or 18° 6′ 28″ northLongitude
-76.87681° or 76° 52′ 37″ westPopulation
5,260Elevation
290 metres (951 feet)Open location code
77C5445F+47OpenStreetMap ID
way 243006604OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
6690257Wikidata ID
Q323163
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Above Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Above Rocks”
- Dutch: “Above Rocks”
- French: “Above Rocks”
- German: “Above Rocks”
- Italian: “Above Rocks”
- Persian: “اباو راکس”
- Polish: “Above Rocks”
- Swedish: “Above Rocks”
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