Darliston
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18°14′N 77°58′W / 18.233°N 77.967°W / 18.233; -77.967
Darliston is a settlement in Jamaica .
Darliston is a town in Westmoreland Parish in western Jamaica . It is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) east-northeast of Savanna-la-Mar . In 1991 the population was 1,435 (2007 estimate 1595). [1] Principal economic activities include the production of breadfruit and livestock . [2]
In 2005 the Government of Jamaica opened a transport centre in Darliston costing $6.6m, funded by the national Urban/Rural Renewal Programme and the Westmoreland Parish Council.
Darliston was the birthplace of S U Hastings , the first Jamaican to be consecrated as a bishop of the Moravian Church .
References
- ↑ "World Gazetteer: Darliston - profile of geographical entity including…" . Archived from the original on 10 February 2013.
- ↑ "Darliston" . The Columbia Gazetteer of North America . Bartleby.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 3 July 2003 . Retrieved 30 March 2019 .