Mavis Bank is a rural coffee farming community approximately 10 miles (16 km) north east of Kingston, Jamaica in east rural St. Andrew in the Blue Mountains, close to the border of Portland.[3]
Mavis Bank | |
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Coordinates: 18°01′53″N 76°39′30″W / 18.0314032°N 76.6583705°W | |
Country | Jamaica |
Parish | St Andrew |
Parliamentary Constituency | East Rural Saint Andrew[1] |
Population | |
• Estimate (2009) | 1,787 |
The town takes its name from a surrounding coffee (named after Mavisbank House an historic house in Scotland) which has been owned by the Munn family for many years, and is the main employer in the area.[4] One of the coffees produced by the estate is Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee.[5]
Close to the west south west is a summit of the same name on which stands a tertiary triangulation station (18°01′38″N 76°39′45″W / 18.027118°N 76.662512°W).[3]
References edit
- ^ Smith, Andrew (31 August 2007). "East Rural St Andrew - Development desired". Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ "Mavis Bank". Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2009., World Gazetteer.
- ^ a b UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet L, 1967.
- ^ Knibb Sibley, Inez (1978). Dictionary of Place-Names in Jamaica (1st ed.). Kingston, Jamaica: Institute of Jamaica. p. 107.
- ^ "Mavis Bank Coffee Factory". Blue Mountain Coffee, Inc. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
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