![]() ![]() 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 is referred to as "The Second City", "MoBay" or "Bay".Ĭhristopher Columbus named the bay of Montego, Golfo de Buen Tiempo ("Fair Weather Gulf"). The city is enclosed in a watershed, drained by several rivers such as the Montego River. The city is served by the Donald Sangster International Airport, the busiest airport in the Anglophone Caribbean, which is located within the official city limits. Montego Bay is a popular tourist destination featuring duty-free shopping, a cruise line terminal and several beaches and resorts. As a result, Montego Bay is the second-largest anglophone city in the Caribbean, after Kingston. The city is the fourth-largest urban area in the country by population, after Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore, all of which form the Greater Kingston Metropolitan Area, home to over half a million people. Montego Bay is the capital of the parish of St. +1-658 ( Overlay of 876 active as of November 2018) ![]()
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