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  2. List of rodents of the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    Desmarest's hutia (Capromys pilorides), a member of a rodent family known only from the Caribbean.. The Caribbean region is home to a diverse and largely endemic rodent fauna. . This includes the endemic family Capromyidae (hutias), which are largely limited to the Greater Antilles, and two other groups of endemic hystricognaths, the heteropsomyines and giant hutias, including the extinct bear ...

  3. List of hospitals in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Hope Institute. Andrews Memorial Hospital (private) Bellevue Hospital (BVH) Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) El Shaddai Medical Centre Jamaica. Gynae Associates Hospital (private) Heart Institute of the Caribbean. Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) Maxfield Park Medical Center.

  4. Sugar plantations in the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    The British and West Indies shared profits and needs. This organization was the first sugar-trading organization which had a large voice in Parliament. In the 1740s, Jamaica and Saint Domingue (Haiti) became the world's main sugar producers. [11] They increased production in Saint Domingue by using an irrigation system that French engineers built.

  5. Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    The Western Taíno lived in The Bahamas, central Cuba, westernmost Hispaniola, and Jamaica. They spoke a dialect known as Ciboney or Western Taíno. The Western Taíno of the Bahamas were known as the Lucayans, they were wiped out by Spanish slave raids by 1520. Western Taíno living in Cuba were known as the Ciboney. They had no chiefdoms or ...

  6. Indo-Jamaicans - Wikipedia

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    Shepherd, V. "Transients to citizens: The development of a settled East Indian Community", The Jamaica Journal 18 (3): 17–21. Singhvi, H. M., ed. (2000), "Chapter 19. Other Countries of Central and South America" (PDF) , Report of the High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspora , Republic of India: Ministry of External Affairs , retrieved ...

  7. Seaford Town, Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Seaford Town is a settlement located in the parish of Westmoreland in Jamaica. It is located on the westernmost side of the island. It is commonly known as "German Town," due to the settlement of the area by German labourers in approximately 1835. [ 1][ 2]

  8. History of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The Baptist War, as it was known, became the largest slave uprising in the British West Indies, [47] lasting 10 days and mobilised as many as 60,000 of Jamaica's 300,000 slaves. [48] The rebellion was suppressed by colonial forces under the control of Sir Willoughby Cotton. [49]

  9. St. George's College, Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    www .stgc .org. St. George's College is a public Catholic secondary school, located in Kingston, Jamaica. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1850. It was established by 21 Spanish Jesuits who had been exiled from Colombia as part of a religious persecution. Initially founded as a school for boys only, in 2005 the College opened ...