May Pen
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| Coordinates | 17 ° 58 ′ N , 77 ° 15 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Jamaica | ||
| county | Middlesex | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | JM-13 | ||
| Residents | 45,903 (1991) | ||
 May Pen city center
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May Pen is a city in the interior of Jamaica . It is the capital of Clarendon Parish . In the 1991 census, 45,903 inhabitants were registered.
May Pen is a traffic junction at the intersection of two major highways. Until public rail traffic was discontinued, a branch line of the Kingston-Montego Bay route branched off into the southern growing area. The city's landmark is a stone bell tower, which was built after the end of the Second World War and is based on the old colonial architecture.
Sons of the City of May Pen
- Toots Hibbert (* 1945), ska and roots reggae singer
- Milton Ottey (* 1959), high jumper
- Andre Blake (* 1990), football player
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Gazetteer: May Pen - data profile and name variants. Retrieved January 9, 2010 .