one of Jamaica’s National Heroes, was born in Porus in 1852. Porus is on the A2 road which runs from Spanish Town in south central Jamaica to Savanna-la-Mar...
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Look up porus, pórus, or Porus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Porus may refer to: King Porus, an ancient Indian ruler who fought against Alexander...
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Jamaican Maroons descend from Africans who freed themselves from slavery in the Colony of Jamaica and established communities of free black people in...
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the total system to 105 kilometres (65 mi): westward from Old Harbour to Porus (39.4 kilometres (24.5 mi)); northwards from Angel to the interior district...
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The following is a list of the most populous settlements in Jamaica. The following definitions have been used: City: Official city status on a settlement...
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Manchester Parish (redirect from Manchester, Jamaica)
The Parish of Manchester is a parish located in west-central Jamaica, in the county of Middlesex. Its capital, Mandeville, is a major business centre...
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Harmons F.C. Hillstar F.C. Kendal F.C. Mandeville United F.C. Mile Gully F.C. Porus F.C. Villa United May Day F.C. Eagle Strikers F.C. Fairy Hill F.C. Norwich...
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roads in Jamaica allow people and goods to traverse the island of Jamaica, which is the third largest in the Caribbean. As of 2011, Jamaica has road network...
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extension from Old Harbour to Porus was added in 1885 at a cost of around £187,000. The final 62 miles (100 km) from Porus to Montego Bay was completed...
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Norman Manley (category Prime ministers of Jamaica)
Roxborough in Jamaica's Manchester Parish. His father, Thomas Albert Samuel Manley was a small businessman born in Porus, Manchester, Jamaica in 1852. His...
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All railway stations in Jamaica closed in October 1992 when passenger traffic abruptly ceased. They are here listed by branch and distance from Kingston...
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Constant Spring is a residential neighbourhood in the north of Kingston, Jamaica. Constant Spring plantation was one of the Regimental Plantations. It was...
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The Baháʼí Faith in Jamaica begins with a mention by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion, in 1916 as Latin America being among the places Baháʼís...
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Highway 2000 (redirect from Highway 2000, Jamaica)
Highway 2000 is a highway system in Jamaica connecting Kingston, with Ocho Rios and a planned connection to Montego Bay, passing through the parishes...
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Jamaica's fourteen parishes are subdivided into sixty-three constituencies, which in turn are subdivided into electoral divisions. The following is the...
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Ce'cile (category People from Mandeville, Jamaica)
in Manchester Parish, Jamaica), is a Jamaican musician in the dancehall genre. Ce'cile grew up in Porus, and Mile Gully, Jamaica, spending most of her...
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Harvey v Facey (category Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases on appeal from Jamaica)
On 7 October 1893, Facey was traveling on a train between Kingston and Porus and the appellant, Harvey, who wanted the property to be sold to him rather...
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Bournemouth Gardens is a neighborhood in the eastern area of Kingston, Jamaica, off of Kingston Harbour. It was previously called Barn Pen. Bellevue Hospital...
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Rockfort is a community in Kingston, Jamaica that is bounded by Long Mountain range to the north, the sea and Springfield Gardens to the south, Mountain...
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conquered the region by defeating various local rulers, most notably, the King Porus, at Jhelum. It was followed by the Maurya Empire, founded by Chandragupta...
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Rennock Lodge (category Neighbourhoods in Kingston, Jamaica)
Rennock Lodge is a neighbourhood in Kingston, Jamaica. J.E. Duerden reported finding pre-Columbian art in the area in 1879 in the form of two stone sculpted...
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Rae Town (category Neighbourhoods in Kingston, Jamaica)
Rae Town is a Kingston, Jamaica neighborhood by Kingston Harbor. Ole Hits is a weekly reggae dance event held Sundays in the neighborhood. Cremo Company...
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Neville De Souza (category Anglican bishops of Jamaica)
Anglican Bishop of Jamaica. He was educated at St Peter's College Jamaica and ordained in 1958. His first post was a curacy in Porus, Manchester Parish...
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Augusta Zelia Fraser (section Jamaica and after)
Barringer, Tim; Modest, Wayne (eds.), "Opening the Railway Line at Porus, 1885", Victorian Jamaica, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, pp. 89–90,...
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Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Henrietta Lacks Renée Elise Goldsberry Porus Porus Laksh Lalwani Alexander the Great Rohit Purohit All the Money in the...
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Jamaica between Kingston and Spanish Town, extending the line to Ewarton and Porus, and later to Montego Bay and Port Antonio. The governor Sir Henry Norman...
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Kimour Bruce (category Sportspeople from Mandeville, Jamaica)
During his high school years, Bruce attended Porus High School and Camperdown High School in Jamaica. Bruce best performance in high school came in...
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Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022. "JONES:JAMAICAN PAIR CLEARED OF SHOOTING DRUGS BARON DEAD". Court News UK. 12 March 2009...
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December. Germaine was fitted out at Jamaica on 23 February. In early March 1782 an American squadron of five privateers (Porus, Junius Brutus, Franklin, Holker...
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neuter plural of the Modern Latin term porifer, which comes from the roots porus meaning "pore, opening", and -fer meaning "bearing or carrying". Sponges...
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