May Pen

May Pen is the capital and biggest city in the parish of Clarendon in Middlesex County, Jamaica. It is placed at the Rio Minho river Jamaica's longest, and is a prime market centre for the Parish. The populace become sixty one,548 at the 2011 census increasing from 59,550 in 2001, which includes the encircling suburbs of Sandy Bay, Mineral Heights, Hazard, Palmers Cross, Denbigh, Race Track, and Four Paths among others. The town has a mayor. May Pen was mounted as a plantation settlement by means of the British among 1660 and 1683 on a crossing factor of the Rio Minho river. It became a part of an property named after its owner; Reverend William May who became born in England in 1695 but in his later years resided in Jamaica. He was rector of the Kingston Parish Church however became later transferred to Clarendon, in which he served for 32 years.

May Pen is properly located from an administrative factor of view inside the centre of a largely agricultural parish, and as a midpoint on the Kingston to Manchester road. Boasting a massive open air marketplace and transportation centre alongside Main Street and Sevens Road, the city's centre is often chaotic with activities of shoppers, carriers day by day and motorized site visitors. May Pen also has many banks, hardware shops, pharmacies and eateries. The metropolis also has a large submit workplace, headquarters for local authorities, and court residence.