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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.

Facts
Population
44,755 1
Founding Year
1660 2
Latitude
17.95 degrees north 2
Longitude
77.25 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC-05:00 3
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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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3. GeoNames: May Pen - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3489523
    17.96454 -77.24515 P PPLA JM 01 1351 44755 81 America/Jamaica
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 81 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 17.75, -77.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 17.75, -77.25
17.75 -77.25 Aw
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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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