Duckenfield, Jamaica
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Duckenfield, Jamaica is a village in St Thomas
, in south-east Jamaica
. It is named after the sugar plantation on which it is located. It is a very poor community, but it has grown substantially in recent years. There are plans to build an international airport in the vicinity in order to open the eastern end of the island to tourism.
The economy of Duckenfield is dominated by the nearby sugar estate and factory which are the only major employers in the vicinity. Any change in the fortunes of the sugar industry has an immediate and dramatic effect.
Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica
Saint Thomas is a suburban parish that is situated at the south eastern end of Jamaica, in the county of Surrey. It is the birth place of The right Honorable Paul Bogle, one of Jamaica's seven National Heroes...
, in south-east 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 named after the sugar plantation on which it is located. It is a very poor community, but it has grown substantially in recent years. There are plans to build an international airport in the vicinity in order to open the eastern end of the island to tourism.
The economy of Duckenfield is dominated by the nearby sugar estate and factory which are the only major employers in the vicinity. Any change in the fortunes of the sugar industry has an immediate and dramatic effect.
