Denham Town

Denham Town
Residential neighbourhood
Denham Town
Coordinates: 17°59′01″N 76°48′22″W / 17.983509°N 76.8061924°WCoordinates: 17°59′01″N 76°48′22″W / 17.983509°N 76.8061924°W
Country Jamaica
Parish St Andrew
City Kingston
Time zone EST (UTC-5)

Denham Town is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in west-central Kingston, Jamaica.[1] It has a reputation as one of Kingston's more violent areas.[2][3][4]

Amenities

There is a police station,[5] and two schools: Denham Town Primary and Denham Town High.[6]

Notable people

See also

The great Gregory Isaacs (the Cool Ruler) was born in Denham Town, as he sings about in his song Kingston 14. The 14 refers to the postal area.

External links

References

  1. Road map of Jamaica, Kingston town plan, Esso, 1966.
  2. West Kingston fury - Four killed as police-gunmen clash in Tivoli and Denham Town, Daraine Luton, Jamaica Gleaner, 2007-04-18.
  3. Bloody battle - Three dead, two injured after shoot-out in west Kingston, Gareth Manning, Jamaica Gleaner, 2007-10-30.
  4. 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.
  5. The Jamaica Constabulary Force.
  6. List_of_schools_in_Jamaica#Kingston.