Click to view more. Latest stories. Foreign Affairs. Local Government. November 11, NHA — Dr. Elizabeth Ward. Get the facts. World Tsunami Awareness Day. Geographical Location Westmoreland, located at the west end of the island, is adjoined on the north by the parish of Hanover and on the East by St. Main towns Savanna-La-Mar The parish capital, Savanna-la-Mar is a sub regional centre, where the administrative, commercial, marketing and retail sector dominates and acts as strong influence to the growth of the town.
Bluefields A coastal town established by the Spanish on their arrival in Negril Located in western Westmoreland constituency, Negril is a Tourist Resort Area, having many chains of all inclusive hotels and a 7 mile strip of white sand beach. Bethel Town Established as a Free Village in the 19 th century, the property was initially established as a sugar plantation however, presently citrus cultivation and cattle farming dominates.
Seaford Town This area is significant for the existence of a number of German Descendants. Jamaica Information Service.
I Tel: 1 1 Email: Send us your query. Change Language English. Fertility, mortality and migration influence this population size. The parish is projected to have a population of , persons in The current growth of the many townships in the parish supports the expansion in the population. Economic The physical characteristics of the parish influence the economic activity. Sugarcane cultivation, an outgrowth of the colonial period dominates the plains. The coast is another notable feature in the west, for which sections of Negril a remainly used for tourism i.
The East and the hilly interior, is dominated by the production of cash crops and small livestock for the sale in the domestic markets.
The parish has farmers who have been among the top producers of quality foods in the island and several have been the recipients of many awards at the premier agricultural shows for several years.
Manufacturing, such as agro-processing Grace Food Processing, as an example , and fishing also play an important economic role. Date retrieved: June 02, Savanna-la-mar was founded about , before which time the principal settlement was at Queen's Town, a few miles inland at the crossroads now called Cross Path or Banbury Savanna la mar, 'the plain by the sea' is hardly appropriate to the town itself, which is built on a strip of land running down to the sea between the mangrove swamps which hem it on both sides.
Main Towns Description Savanna-La-Mar The parish capital, a sub regional centre, administrative, commercial, and marketing and retail sector dominates and acts as strong influence to the growth of the town.
Small scale, informal sector commercial activity plays a continued role in employment and urbanization. Bluefields A coastal town, established by the Spanish on their arrival in Presently a tourist attraction with white sandy public beaches.
Landmarks, such as the Great House, has historic significance. Bethel Town Established as a Free Village in the 19 the century. The property changed hands in the mid nineteenth century and was established as a sugar plantation. Presently citrus cultivation and cattle farming dominates. Seaford Significant for the existence of a number of German Descendants. It is said that the Germans settled in the town on acres of partially cleared woodlands in the 18 Century.
The town was named after the British planter Lord Seaford. The town was to have a respite from natural disasters for years until November when, after nine days of continuous rain another hurricane struck, almost wiping out the town.
The town literally ends in the sea. Talk about unique! There are several smaller rivers among them, the Negril and Roaring Rivers. An inventory in numbered the estimated estates at 73 but by that number had declined to 34 in the aftermath of full Emancipation in Today, the Frome Central Factory is the only outstanding reminder of how dominant a part sugar played in the economy of the parish and how much it has influenced the economic, social and political direction not only of Westmoreland but the entire country.
It was on the Frome estate that the first sparks of the labour riots of went flying as protests by workers over poor wages and working conditions resulted in a number of deaths and which quickly spread to other parishes, including the capital Kingston.
Sugar was also a determining factor in the make-up of the local population in the 18 th and 19 th centuries. The withdrawal from the estates by the former African enslaved after emancipation in led to a shortage of labour on the sugar estate which the proprietors and the colonial authorities attempted to solve by importing indentured labour.
The first source they tapped was Europe which resulted in over Germans settling in various parts of the island. In Westmoreland, Seaford Town was established by the government on a donation from a Lord Seaford and settled exclusively by immigrants from Northern Germany in on acres on the Montpelier Mountains.
Many left for the USA at the end of their indenture but enough remained in the town to leave their distinctive stamp —blonde hair blue eyes and Catholic, still visible today. When the European indenture experiment failed, the authorities turned to the Chinese but this was equally unsuccessful and so India became their next target.
Westmoreland was a major settlement for Indian indentured immigrants and many stayed in the parish after the end of their indenture, some becoming engaged in rice growing in the waters of the Great Morass.
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