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* Canterbury, Jamaica, a squatter suburb of Montego Bay
Most tourist activity is centered on the island's northern coast, including the communities of Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and Port Antonio, as well as in Negril on the island's western tip.
The absence of large commercial centers, other than Kingston, Montego Bay and Ocho Rios has resulted in a poorly developed retail sector in Jamaica.
While Kingston and Montego Bay are home to a number of retail stores, including American fast-food franchises such as Domino's, Burger King, and KFC, the majority of the towns in the interior of the country, such as Mandeville, May Pen, and Spanish Town, have small shops, public markets, and temporary roadside stands.
The Highway 2000 project, which seeks ultimately to link Kingston with Montego Bay and the north coast, is currently undergoing a series of phases / legs.
Phase 2a is the highway between Old Harbour and Ocho Rios, and Phase 2b is the highway between Mandeville and Montego Bay.
There are two international airports in Jamaica with modern terminals, long runways, and the navigational equipment required to accommodate the large jet aircraft used in modern air travel: Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston and Sangster International Airport in the resort town of Montego Bay.
Montego Freeport in Montego Bay also handles a variety of cargo like ( though more limited than ) the Port of Kingston, mainly agricultural products.
There are also three cruise ship piers along the island, in Ocho Rios, Montego Bay and Port Antonio.
The now disused Kingston railway station served the Kingston to Montego Bay main line with branches from Spanish Town to Ewarton, Bog Walk to Port Antonio, Linstead to New Works and May pen to Frankfield.
The Montego Bay conference of 1948 had declared the common aim to be the achievement by the West Indies of " Dominion Status " ( which meant constitutional independence from Britain ) as a Federation.
* Delta Air Lines connected Havana with New Orleans and Chicago and to the south with Montego Bay, Jamaica and Caracas.
* Montego Bay
* November 25 – 27-The Jamaica World Music Festival is held in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Chief towns included Kingston, Port of Spain, Bridgetown, Spanish Town, Montego Bay, Mandeville, Castries, Roseau, St. George ’ s, Kingstown, St. John ’ s, and Basseterre.
In the same year the Palisadoes Airport ( now Norman Manley International ) and the Montego Bay Airport now Sangster International Airport were established.
* Montego Bay Marine Park, Jamaica
In 2011, Copa Airlines started flying to Toronto, Canada ; Brasilia, Brazil ; Porto Alegre, Brazil ; Chicago, United States ; Cúcuta, Colombia ; Montego Bay, Jamaica ; Monterrey, Mexico ; Asunción, Paraguay ; and Nassau, The Bahamas.
Destinations include Aruba, Nassau, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Montego Bay, Cancun, Cozumel, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos and Curaçao.
Montego Bay is the capital of St. James Parish and the second largest city in Jamaica by area and the fourth by population ( after Kingston, Spanish Town and Portmore ).
The name " Montego Bay " is believed to have originated as a corruption of the Spanish word manteca (" lard "), allegedly because during the Spanish period it was the port where lard, leather, and beef were exported.
Montego Bay c. 1820
The island's last major slave revolt, the Christmas Rebellion or Baptist War ( 1831 – 1832 ) took place in the area around Montego Bay ; the leader of the revolt, Samuel Sharpe, was hanged there in 1832.
In 1980, Montego Bay was proclaimed a city by act of parliament, but this has not meant that it has acquired any form of autonomy as it continues to be an integral part of St. James Parish.

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Maestro and Montego production is scaled down as a result.
Today, Montego Bay is known for its large regional hospital ( Cornwall Regional Hospital ), port facilities, second homes for numerous upper class Jamaicans from Kingston as well as North Americans and Europeans, fine restaurants, and shopping opportunities.
The coastland near Montego Bay is occupied by numerous tourist resorts, most newly built, some occupying the grounds of old sugar cane plantations with some of the original buildings and mill-works still standing.
The infrastructure of the city is going through a series of explosive modernizations which once completed, aims to keep Montego Bay as a top destination in the Caribbean and the world.
Doctor's Cave Beach Club is a popular tourist destination in Montego Bay
Montego Bay is on the main A1 ( Kingston to Lucea ) road and the B15 ( Montego Bay to Falmouth ) road.
It is well served by buses, mini buses and taxis, which operate from the Montego Bay Transport Centre.
The north coast highway from the international airport at Montego Bay to Ocho Rios has been improved since 2000 and the journey is now an hour and forty five minutes drive.
* 1987: The Austin marque is shelved, with the Metro, Maestro and Montego ranges now selling under just their model names.
The Austin Montego is a British mid-size saloon car that was produced by the Austin Rover subsidiary of British Leyland ( BL ), and its successors, from 1984 until 1994.
For those isolated moments when cost control is not of the essence, the Montego is a car you can enjoy too.
A version of the Austin Maestro with a Montego front end is built in China under the Etsong Lande nameplate.
Jeff Cunningham ( born August 21, 1976, in Montego Bay ) is a Jamaican-born American soccer player who currently plays for San Antonio Scorpions FC in the North American Soccer League.
Negril is just about one hour and fifteen minutes drive from Sir Donald Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay.
Sangster International Airport is an international airport located east of Montego Bay, Jamaica.

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The now disused Montego Bay railway station served the Kingston to Montego Bay main line.

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However, the Grand Marquis remained in production ; in contrast to the Dodge Charger selling nearly as well as its Chrysler 300 counterpart, the Montego sold only a fraction in comparison to its Ford Five Hundred counterpart and was also outsold by the Grand Marquis as well.
The Capri was replaced by the Montego, and the Caliente by the Montego MX.
The MG badge-engineering project ( first implemented by Austin Rover in 1982 ) was ended in 1991 despite some reasonable success for its Maestro and Montego ranges ( the MG Metro had been discontinued after the facelift in 1990 ).
The Montego Bay Convention Centre, built on a large site near to the Rose Hall estate, was opened by Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding on 7th January 2011.
In the season finale of the 6th season (" Whistleblower ") of the North American version for the TV series The Office, Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, suggests that the fictional paper / printer sales company Dunder Mifflin should punish the person who told the press about the defective printers by sending them to a prison in Montego Bay ( when actually he meant Guantanamo Bay ).
The Earl of Elgin, Jamaica's Governor presided over the opening ceremonies, by the late 1860s the line extended 105 miles to Montego Bay.
The Maestro and Montego tooling were subsequently acquired by Chinese manufacturer Etsong, which introduced a hatchback and a van using Toyota engines.
The gap it left in the Austin-Rover range was effectively filled by the slightly smaller Montego, and by the new generation of smaller Rovers.
Like the Maestro, the Montego suffered from its overly long development phase, which had been begun in 1975 and which was hampered throughout by the industrial turmoil that plagued both British Leyland and Austin Rover Group during this period.
The talking dashboard fitted to high-end models ( and initially used to promote the Montego as an advanced high-tech offering ) was prone to irritating faults and came to be regarded as something of an embarrassment by BL and the British press.
They rated the 405 the best car, followed by the BX and then the Montego, with the Audi coming in last.
In August 2006, a survey by Auto Express magazine revealed that the Montego was Britain's eighth most scrapped car, with just 8, 988 still in working order.

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