Black River
Black River is the capital of St. Elizabeth Parish, in southwestern Jamaica. It developed as a port around the mouth of the river of the same name. Today, the city is a centre of environmental tourism and a gateway to the Treasure Beach resort area.Photo: Johannes49, CC BY 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Black River High School
School
Black River High School is a high school located in Black River, Jamaica.
Localities in the Area
Middle Quarters
Village
18°06′00″N 77°50′00″W / 18.1000°N 77.8333°W Middle Quarters is a settlement in Saint Elizabeth Parish in Jamaica. Middle Quarters is situated 9 km north of Black River.
Black River
- Type: Village with 4,230 residents
- Description: Jamaican parochial capital
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Black River, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.02417° or 18° 1' 27" northLongitude
-77.84801° or 77° 50' 53" westPopulation
4,230Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)United Nations Location Code
JM BLROpen Location Code
77C425F2+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 9559032114OpenStreetMap Feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3491355Wikidata ID
Q880512Black River Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: النهر الأسود
- Asturian: Black River
- Belarusian: Блэк-Рывер (Ямайка)
- Belarusian: Блэк-Рывер
- Cebuano: Black River
- Chinese: 黑河 (牙買加)
- Chinese: 黑河
- Dutch: Black River (Plaats in Jamaica)
- Dutch: Black River
- Egyptian Arabic: النهر الاسود
- English: Black River, Jamaica
- Esperanto: Nigra Rivero
- French: Black River
- French: Black River (Jamaïque)
- Galician: Black River
- German: Black River
- Greek: Μπλακ Ρίβερ, Τζαμάικα
- Greek: Μπλακ Ρίβερ
- Hebrew: בלאק ריבר
- Igbo: Osimiri ojii, Jamaica
- Italian: Black River
- Jamaican Creole English: Blak Riva, Jumieka
- Jamaican Creole English: Blak Riva
- Japanese: ブラック・リバー
- Norwegian Bokmål: Black River
- Persian: بلک ریور
- Persian: رود سیاه، جامائیکا
- Polish: Black River (Jamajka)
- Polish: Black River
- Portuguese: Black River
- Russian: Блэк-Ривер (Ямайка)
- Russian: Блэк-Ривер
- Russian: Блэк-ривер (Ямайка)
- Spanish: Black River
- Swedish: Black River
- Ukrainian: Блек-Ривер (Ямайка)
- Urdu: بلیک ریور، جمیکا
- Блек-Ривер
Other Places Named Black River
Localities in the Area
- New TownNeighbourhood
- Flat RocksNeighbourhood
- HodgesNeighbourhood, 3 km northwest
- Hodges PenNeighbourhood, 3 km northwest
- LuanaVillage, 4½ km north
Landmarks in the Area
- Black River Farmer's MarketMarketplace
- Black River Police StationPolice station
- Tax Administration JamaicaGovernment office
- St John Parish Church (1770)Church
- Black River Methodist ChurchChurch
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Black River. Photo: Johannes49, CC BY 3.0.