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Sign in to saveAccompong (from the Asante name Acheampong) is a historical Maroon village located in the hills of St. Elizabeth Parish on the island of Jamaica. It is located in Cockpit Country, where Jamaican Maroons and Indigenous Taíno established a fortified stronghold in the hilly terrain in the 17th century. They defended it and maintained independence from the Spanish and then later the British, after the colony changed hands.
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Place details
- Locality
- Accompong
- Region
- St. Elizabeth
- Country
- Jamaica
- Population
- 788
- Timezone
- America/Jamaica
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Jamaica
- Located in
- Saint Elizabeth Parish
- Image
- Accompong, Jamaica, early 20th century (imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS12-015).jpg
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- inception
- 1739-00-00
- Commons category
- Accompong
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