Old Harbour Bay is a
settlement
Settlement may refer to:
*Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
* Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction
*Settlement (fin ...
in
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
. It has a population of 8,537 as of 2009.
Under
Spanish Jamaica
Santiago was a Spanish territory of the Spanish West Indies and within the Viceroyalty of New Spain, in the Caribbean region. Its location is the present-day island and nation of Jamaica.
Pre-Columbian Jamaica
Around 650 AD, Jamaica was co ...
, Old Harbour was known as Esquivel.
[C.V. Black, ''A History of Jamaica'' (London: Collins, 1975), p. 38.]
Old Harbour Bay is located in St. Catherine Jamaica and comprises many smaller sub-divisions such as: Dagga Bay, Buddho, Crossroad, Blackwood Gardens Scheme, Settlement, Terminal, Salt Plane, Narine Lane (formerly known as Hellgate), Salt Gully, Bay Bottom, New Road, Capture Land, Kelly's Pen, Thompson Pen, Ghetto Lane, One Bump, McLeod Close (formerly known as 13th street), Panton Town and more
References
Populated places in Saint Catherine Parish
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