Montego Bay

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Montego Bay
View of Montego Bay from the hillside
Montego Bay
Coordinates: 18°28′N 77°55′WCoordinates: 18°28′N 77°55′W
Country	Jamaica
County	Cornwall
Parish	St. James
Proclaimed city by act of Parliament	1980
Government
• Mayor	Homer Davis
Population (2011)
• Total	110,115
• St. James (2001)	175,127
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	+1-876

Montego Bay is the capital of the parish of St. James and the fourth largest city in Jamaica by population (after Kingston, Spanish Town and Portmore) and the second by area.
Montego Bay is a tourist destination featuring duty-free shopping, a cruise line terminal and several beaches. The city is served by the Donald Sangster International Airport located on the edge of the city. The city is enclosed in a watershed, drained by several rivers such as the Montego River.^[1]