Black River
The Black River is one of the longest rivers in Jamaica. At a length of 53.4 km, it was believed to be the longest until it was discovered that the Rio Minho was 92.8 km long.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: river with 4,700 residents
- Description: river in Jamaica
- Also known as: “The Black River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Black River High School.
Black River High School
School
Black River High School is a high school located in Black River, the parish capital of St Elizabeth, Jamaica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Black River.
Black River
Village
Photo: Johannes49, CC BY 3.0.
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.
Black River
- Location: Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Black River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Black”
- Dutch: “Black River (Jamaica)”
- Dutch: “Black River”
- Esperanto: “Nigra Rivero”
- Fulah: “Maayo Ɓaleejo (Jamayka)”
- Fulah: “Maayo Ɓaleejo”
- German: “Black River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Black”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Blak Riva,”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Blak Riva”
- Japanese: “ブラック川”
- Mingrelian: “ბლეკ-რივერი (იამაიკა)”
- Mingrelian: “ბლეკ-რივერი”
- Polish: “Black River (rzeka na Jamajce)”
- Polish: “Black River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Negro (Jamaica)”
- Portuguese: “Rio Negro”
- Russian: “Блэк-Ривер (река, Ямайка)”
- Russian: “Блэк-Ривер”
- Spanish: “Rio Negro”
- Spanish: “Río Negro”
- Welsh: “Afon Black”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Broad River and Black River Cemetery.
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