Mavis Bank | |
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Coordinates: 18°01′53″N 76°39′30″W / 18.0314032°N 76.6583705°W | |
Country | Jamaica |
Parish | St Andrew |
Parliamentary Constituency | East Rural Saint Andrew [1] |
Population | |
• Estimate (2009) | 1,787 |
Mavis Bank is a rural coffee farming community approximately 10 miles (16 km) north east of Kingston, Jamaica in east rural St. Andrew in the Blue Mountains, close to the border of Portland. [3]
The town takes its name from a surrounding coffee (named after Mavisbank House an historic house in Scotland) which has been owned by the Munn family for many years, and is the main employer in the area. [4] One of the coffees produced by the estate is Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee. [5]
Close to the west south west is a summit of the same name on which stands a tertiary triangulation station ( 18°01′38″N 76°39′45″W / 18.027118°N 76.662512°W). [3]