Brown's Town is one of the principal towns in St. Ann, 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...

. In 1991, its population was 6762. The town is a market and road center in an agricultural region.

Geography

Brown's Town is located in northwest St Ann in the Dry Harbour Mountains

Dry Harbour Mountains

The Dry Harbour Mountains are a range of mountains in north central Jamaica. More accurately described as a plateau than a true mountain range, they form the eastern boundary of the Cockpit Country. This is also the mountain that people used to go and pray. The Dry Harbour Mountains starts from...

. The town is about 12.87 km (8 mi) from the island's north coast. The ugli fruit

Ugli fruit

UGLI is the trademark of Cabel Hall Citrus Limited and under which it sells its Jamaican tangelo, a citrus fruit created by hybridizing a grapefruit , an orange and a tangerine. Its species is Citrus reticulata × Citrus paradisi....

 was first discovered in 1914 growing wild near the town.

One notable region is called Tobolski.

History

Brown's Town became significant as a market centre in the mid-nineteenth century following the abolition of slavery.

Education, health, and recreation

Brown's Town is considered the educational capital of St. Ann. Brown's Town Community College, located in the town, offers pre-tertiary and tertiary courses from the University of Technology, Jamaica and the University of the West Indies

University of the West Indies

The University of the West Indies , is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica,...

. There are three secondary schools in Brown's Town: Brown's Town High School, St. Hilda's Diocesan High School for Girls, and York Castle High School

York Castle High School

York Castle High School is a co-educational secondary school in Jamaica. The school has educated some of the region's best leaders and it continues to play a pivotal role in Jamaica's development.-History:...

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In Brown's Town, there is a health centre and a public health service, as well as private medical services. The St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital and the Alexandria Hospital also serve the town.

Popular sports in Brown's Town include football, cricket, netball, track and field, cycling, and lawn tennis.

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