Morant Bay
Morant Bay is a town in southeastern Jamaica and the capital of the parish of St. Thomas, located about 40 kilometres east of Kingston, the capital. The parish has a population of 94,410.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 9,370 residents
- Description: city in Jamaica
- Also known as: “Morant”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lyssons.
Lyssons
Village
Lyssons is a largely residential community located in the parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica. It lies east of the capital, Morant Bay, and neighbors the communities of Retreat, Prospect and Leith Hall. Lyssons is situated 3½ km east of Morant Bay.
Morant Bay
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Morant Bay, Saint Thomas Parish, Surrey County, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
17.8821° or 17° 52′ 56″ northLongitude
-76.4116° or 76° 24′ 42″ westPopulation
9,370Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)United Nations Location Code
JM MOBOpen location code
7795VHJQ+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 290802324OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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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・ベイ”
- 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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