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May Pen

Caribbean

May Pen is the capital and largest town of the parish of Clarendon in Jamaica, on the Rio Minho river. It is a major market centre for the parish, with a population of 61,548 at the 2011 census, up from 59,550 in 2001.

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Population
44,755 1
Founding Year
1660 2
Latitude
17.95 degrees north 2
Longitude
77.25 degrees west 2
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1. GeoNames: May Pen
GeoNames geonameid 3489523 (May Pen), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. May Pen (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1660-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 17.95, longitude -77.25
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Wikidata: May Pen
Wikidata Q1677434, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
May Pen (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Caribbean (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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