Mona (Jamaica)
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 0 ′ N , 76 ° 45 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Jamaica | ||
| county | Surrey | ||
| Saint Andrew | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | JM-02 | ||
| height | 190 m | ||
| Residents | 2621 (2010) | ||
 Bell tower on Mona Road
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Mona , also often referred to as Mona Hights , is a country town in southern Jamaica . The city is located in County Surrey in the Parish Saint Andrew . In 2010 Mona had a population of 2,621 people. The place is located in the western foothills of the metropolitan area of Kingston and has an independent city administration.
etymology
Mona was named after the Roman name for the Isle of Anglesey around 1768 . The original name of the city was Yeamans . This was the name of the family who owned the land.
geography
Mona only has a natural city limit from the west. There the city is separated from the capital Kingston by an average 400 meter high range of hills called the Long Mountains . This is heavily forested. However, much of the western outskirts of the city is delimited by a lake called the Mona Reservoir , which is located between the urban area and the Long Mountains.
Mona borders the Limestone River from east to northeast . On the opposite side of the river are the two separate towns of Elletson Flats and Papine . In the north, Mona is bordered by a short stretch of wooded area, before Hope Pastures begins in the northwest and extends south around the city and flows into the village of Liguanea. The two settlements completely surround Mona in a south-westerly direction up to the natural boundary of the Mona Reservoir , a large lake. In the south the place goes over into the cities College Common and August Town . These form the last foothills of the metropolitan area of Kingston, which lies at this point in the middle of a wide canyon .
history
The Papine and Mona plantations, which produced sugar until 1908, were originally located on the campus of what is now the University of the West Indies . An aqueduct, remains of which are still preserved, carried water to the sugar mills. The Gibraltar Camp was built on part of the site during the Second World War and housed refugees from Gibraltar and Malta as well as prisoners of war from Germany and Italy.
Culture and environment
schools
In Mona is the headquarters of the University of the West Indies , a university in the Caribbean that is supported by 16 states. The UWI was founded in 1948 and its first campus was in Mona. Teaching began there with 33 medical students. The current chapel at the main entrance to this campus was originally the sugar store of a plantation in Trelawny Parish . The building was dismantled there and reassembled on the Mona campus. In addition to a college , the University Hospital of the West Indies also belongs to the association, which is also located in Mona.
The Jamaica College is a monoedukationistisches College of the Anglican Communion , taught exclusively male students.
A nationally known school is the School Of Physical Therapy in the Mona Rehab Center. Other schools include Mona High School , Mona Prep School and Mona Primary School .
Buildings
The remains of an aqueduct built by Thomas Hope Elleston, which was built in 1758, can be found in various parts of the city. The original 1386.84 meter long structure called Papine-Mona Aqueduct was built to transport water from the Hope River to the sugar plantations that existed at the time.
The Mona Great House was built in 1681 while the Mona Estate was being established. The two-story building was built in the Jamaican-Gregorian style. Well-known personalities such as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip have stayed at the Mona Great House .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ BW Higman, Hudson: 2 . In: Jamaican Place Names ( English ), BJ, 1st. Edition, University of the West Indies Press , Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica 2009, ISBN 9789766402174 , p. 251.
- ↑ Papine-Mona Aqueduct - Description at Jamaica National Heritage
- ↑ Mona Great House - Description at Jamaica National Heritage
