Morant Bay

Morant Bay is a town in southeastern Jamaica and the capital of the parish of , located about 40 kilometres east of Kingston, the capital. The parish has a population of 94,410.
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  • Type: Village with 9,370 residents
  • Description: city in Jamaica
  • Also known as: “Morant” and “モラント・ベイ”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lyssons.

Village
is a largely residential community located in the parish of . is situated 3½ km east of Morant Bay.

Morant Bay

Latitude
17.8821° or 17° 52′ 56″ north
Longitude
-76.4116° or 76° 24′ 42″ west
Population
9,370
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
UN/LOCODE
JM MOB
Open location code
7795VHJQ+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 290802324
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3489440
Wiki­data ID
Q429741
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Morant Bay” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Morant Bay”
  • Belarusian: “Морант-Бей”
  • Catalan: “Morant Bay”
  • Cebuano: “Morant Bay”
  • Chinese: “莫蘭特灣”
  • Chinese: “莫蘭特貝”
  • Dutch: “Morant Bay”
  • French: “Morant Bay”
  • German: “Morant Bay”
  • Greek: “Μόραντ Μπέι”
  • Hebrew: “מורנט ביי”
  • Italian: “Morant Bay”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Morant Bie, Jumieka”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Morant Bie”
  • Japanese: “モラント湾”
  • Moksha: “Морант Бэй”
  • Northern Frisian: “Morant Bay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Morant Bay”
  • Polish: “Morant Bay”
  • Russian: “Морант-Бей”
  • Spanish: “Morant Bay”
  • Swedish: “Morant Bay”
  • Ukrainian: “Морант-Бей”
  • Urdu: “مورینٹ بے”

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