Darliston
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Darliston is a settlement in Jamaica
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Darliston is a town in Westmoreland Parish in western Jamaica
. It is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) east-northeast of Savanna-la-Mar
. In 1991 the population was 1,435 (2007 estimate 1595). Principal economic activities include the production of breadfruit
and livestock
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In 2005 the Government of Jamaica opened a transport centre in Darliston costing $6.6m, funded by the national Urban/Rural Renewal Programme and the Westmoreland Parish Council.
Darliston was the birth place of S U Hastings
, the first Jamaican to be consecrated as a bishop of the Moravian Church.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
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Darliston is a town in Westmoreland Parish in western Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
. It is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) east-northeast of Savanna-la-Mar
Savanna-la-Mar
Savanna-la-Mar is the chief town and capital of Westmoreland parish, Jamaica.It is a coastal town and contains a fort, constructed in the 18th century for defence against pirates....
. In 1991 the population was 1,435 (2007 estimate 1595). Principal economic activities include the production of breadfruit
Breadfruit
Breadfruit is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry family, Moraceae, growing throughout Southeast Asia and most Pacific Ocean islands...
and livestock
Livestock
Livestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. The term "livestock" as used in this article does not include poultry or farmed fish; however the inclusion of these, especially poultry, within the meaning...
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In 2005 the Government of Jamaica opened a transport centre in Darliston costing $6.6m, funded by the national Urban/Rural Renewal Programme and the Westmoreland Parish Council.
Darliston was the birth place of S U Hastings
S U Hastings
Selvin Uriah Hastings was the first Jamaican national consecrated as a bishop of the Moravian Church and the first Jamaican to be elected head of the Moravian Church Unity Board.-Early life, education and ministry:...
, the first Jamaican to be consecrated as a bishop of the Moravian Church.