Negril
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 16 ′ N , 78 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Jamaica | ||
| county | Cornwall | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | JM-10 | ||
| Residents | 4612 (2010) | ||
 Negril lighthouse
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Negril is a country city in western Jamaica . The place is located in Parish Westmoreland in County Cornwall . In 2010 the population was 4,612 people. Negril is one of the most famous tourist spots on the island.
geography
Negril is located in the far west of Jamaica, south of the mouth of the Negril River , which drains the marshland in the hinterland. The place is known for its 11 km long fine sandy beach, which is north, outside of the actual city and half of which already belongs to Hanover Parish . This beach also includes Bloody Bay, which is further north . Hotels of various chains and categories are lined up on the two beaches, with a maximum size of around 500 rooms and a height of no more than three floors. The actual place, however, is to a large extent on a rock plateau that falls with cliffs into the sea, and is characterized by small houses and unpaved roads. For tourists, however, only the coast road running from north to south is relevant. The landscape in the immediate vicinity of Negril is mostly flat and very green. To the east and south-east it becomes mountainous after a few kilometers.
Infrastructure
Montego Bay and its international airport can be reached by car in around one and a half hours via the paved and by Jamaican standards relatively good coastal road A1, which has one lane in each direction of travel . To the capital Kingston (approx. 240 kilometers away in the east) it is approx. 4 hours by vehicle. The traffic junction is the roundabout at the mouth of the Negril River, where both roads meet. In the north on Bloody Bay is the Negril Aerodrome, a national airfield that does not offer scheduled flights but specializes exclusively in charter flights.
tourism
Major tourist attractions include Rick's Cafe , where tourists and locals plunge from the cliffs into the sea, and the Negril Lighthouse, completed in 1894. Both are located in the southwest of the city. Historical buildings from colonial times do not exist in Negril. In the 1970s, the place was popular with hippies and dropouts. The booming tourism has allowed the town, which now has around 4,600 inhabitants, to grow rapidly, and today there is hotel after hotel.
On Norman Manley Boulevard , the coastal road to Montego Bay, there are also other tourist gathering points in the north of the city, such as B. Margaritaville , which is popular with North American guests . While all of the above-mentioned locations are only frequented in the afternoon until shortly after sunset, Jamaicans also meet until late at night in one of the countless pubs on the roadside and party on weekends in the Jungle or Rooftop discos .
Negril offers various smaller collections of shops known as shopping malls , where the usual holiday souvenirs such as T-shirts and mugs related to Jamaica, but also handmade jewelry and wood carvings can be purchased. There are no pedestrian zones or large shopping centers, the small supermarkets, shops and trade stalls are primarily designed to meet the needs of the local population.
In spring, American schoolchildren ( spring breakers ) cavort in the hotels, bars and pubs. In the first week of August, many Jamaicans come to Negril for vacation.
Web links
- http://www.negril.com (English)
- http://www.negril.de (German)