Mona is a neighbourhood in southeastern Saint Andrew Parish

Saint Andrew Parish

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, approximately five miles from Kingston

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...

, Jamaica

Jamaica

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. A former sugar plantation

Plantation

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, it is the site of a reservoir serving the city of Kingston and of the main campus of the University of the West Indies

University of the West Indies

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. Without any formal definition, Mona is bordered by the neighbouring communities of Liguanea

Liguanea

Liguanea is a historically significant area in the island of Jamaica in the West Indies. Its name came from the language of the pre-Columbian Taino people who inhabited the island and named it after the iguana lizard that is endemic to the island, and an important source of food for the...

, Hope Pastures, Beverly Hills, August Town, and Papine. Mona is also framed by the north-eastern edge of the Long Mountain range. Mona, better known as Mona Heights is classified as one of the wealthier areas of Kingston and is also regarded as an uptown neighbourhood.

Name

Mona was originally called Yeamans after the family who owned it. The name was changed to Mona circa 1768 after the Roman name for the Isle of Anglesey.

Important places in Mona

• Jamaica College
  Jamaica College
  Jamaica College is a prominent, all-male secondary school located in Kingston, Jamaica. It provides traditional classroom education to its students in a variety of subject areas.The institution caters to students aged 11 to 19 years...
  
  
• Mona High School
• 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,...
  
  ,Mona; including the Mona Chapel and the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts
• the University Hospital of the West Indies
• the Mona Great House
• the Mona Reservoir
• Recreational Fields of the National Water Commission, including the Hockey Field

External links

• Aerial view