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Port Royal

settlement in Jamaica
Place human_settlement Q685357
Port Royal
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Summary

Port Royal is a human settlement[1]. It ranks in the top 0.036% of human settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,693 views/month, #13 of 35,923).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kingston Parish[3]
  • Country: Jamaica[4]
  • Instance of: submerged settlement[5]
  • Commons category: Port Royal[6]
  • Coordinate location: 17.9375, -76.841388888889[7]
  • Population: 3144[8]
  • Described by source: Atlas of Vanishing Places[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[11]
  • Heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site[12], World Heritage Site[13]
  • Official name: Port Royal[14]
  • Category for people who died here: Q32410983[15]
  • Native label: Port Royal[16]
  • World Heritage criteria: (iv)[17], (vi)[18]

Why It Matters

Port Royal has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Jamaica John Rackham Mary Read

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → port-royal-jamaica, port-royal
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: port-royal, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948889|port royal (#289948889)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → port-royal-jamaica, port-royal
    Detail map → PortRoyal.JPG
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: port-royal-jamaica, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948890|port royal jamaica (#289948890)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  3. 11w ago · Jefunky · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Aerial view of Port Royal Jamaica.JPG, Port Royal, Jamaica, in the 17th century, before the devasta
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Aerial view of Port Royal Jamaica.JPG"
  4. 11w ago · Jefunky · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+3144'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Population: 3,144"
  5. 21w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Kingston Parish
    Described by source → Atlas of Vanishing Places, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 17.9375, 'longitude': -76.841388888889}
    Instance of → human settlement, submerged settlement
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/port-royal/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn an"
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