Place:Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Middlesex, Jamaica

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NameSpanish Town
Alt namesSantiago de La Vegasource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) XI, 72
TypeCity or town
Coordinates17.983°N 76.967°W
Located inSaint Catherine, Middlesex, Jamaica     (1525 - )
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Spanish Town is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the historic county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the Spanish and British capital of Jamaica from 1534 until 1872. The town is home to numerous memorials, the national archives, and one of the oldest Anglican churches outside England (the others are in Virginia, Maryland, and Bermuda).

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