Denham Town
Residential neighbourhood in Kingston, St Andrew, Jamaica
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Residential neighbourhood
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Coordinates: 17°59′01″N 76°48′22″W / 17.983509°N 76.8061924°W / 17.983509; -76.8061924 | |
Country | Jamaica |
Parish | St Andrew |
City | Kingston |
Named for | Edward Brandis Denham |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
Denham Town is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in western Kingston , Jamaica . [1] It has a reputation as one of Kingston's more violent areas. [2] [3] [4] It was named in memory of Edward Brandis Denham , Governor of Jamaica 1935–1938.
Amenities
There is a police station, [5] and three schools: Denham Town Primary, St. Alban's Primary (the oldest of the three. It is 127 years old,) and Denham Town High. [ citation needed ]
See also
References
- ↑ Road map of Jamaica, Kingston town plan, Esso, 1966.
- ↑ West Kingston fury - Four killed as police-gunmen clash in Tivoli and Denham Town , Daraine Luton, Jamaica Gleaner, 2007-04-18.
- ↑ Bloody battle - Three dead, two injured after shoot-out in west Kingston , Gareth Manning, Jamaica Gleaner, 2007-10-30.
- ↑ Pre-adolescent gunshot injuries: anatomy of a Jamaican problem , SE Dundas - C Abel- ND Duncan - C Pinnock-Ramsaran - DM Sawh, West Indian Medical Journal, Volume 56 Number 6, 2007-12, ISSN 0043-3144.
- ↑ "Denham Town" . The Jamaica Constabulary Force. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010 . Retrieved 30 March 2019 .
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