Montego Bay
Montego Bay is the capital of the parish of St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth-largest urban area in the country by population, after Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore, all of which form the Greater Kingston Metropolitan Area, home to over half a million people. As a result, Montego Bay is the second-largest anglophone city in the Caribbean, after Kingston.
Montego Bay | |
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View of Montego Bay from the hillside | |
| Nickname(s): "MoBay", "The Second City" | |
Montego Bay | |
| Coordinates: 18°28′N 77°55′W | |
| Country | Jamaica |
| County | Cornwall |
| Parish | St. James |
| Proclaimed city by act of Parliament | 1980 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Leeroy Williams |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 110,115 |
| • St. James | 175,127 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| Area code(s) | +1-876 +1-658 (Overlay of 876; active as of November 2018) |
Montego Bay is a popular tourist destination featuring duty-free shopping, a cruise line terminal and several beaches and resorts. The city is served by the Donald Sangster International Airport, the busiest airport in the Anglophone Caribbean, which is located within the official city limits. The city is enclosed in a watershed, drained by several rivers such as the Montego River. Montego Bay is referred to as "The Second City", "MoBay" or "Bay".