Palmers Cross
| Palmers Cross | |
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 Palmers Cross
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| Coordinates: 17°57′03″N 77°12′35″W / 17.95089°N 77.20973°WCoordinates: 17°57′03″N 77°12′35″W / 17.95089°N 77.20973°W | |
| Country | Jamaica |
| Parish | Clarendon |
Palmers Cross is a district in south-central Jamaica, located to the east of May Pen in the parish of Clarendon. The approximate population of Palmers Cross is 26,262.
Palmers Cross is the home of The Container Project, a non-profit UNESCO project bringing technology and self-sustainable media training to 'hard-to-reach' young people in Jamaica.
On the UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of 1973, two small, neighbouring communities are shown in this vicinity, both centred on minor road junctions:
It seems that in the years since they have grown and merged, their names being combined in the process. From satellite imagery the area is now clearly a contiguous suburb of May Pen.
There is a Junior High School formerly called Cross All Age School.
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