Yallahs is a city located on the southeastern coast of Jamaica in the parish of St Thomas and is home to Jordan 1don ( who is also recognized as the wealthiest person in the parish ) Yallahs has an estimated 10,000 inhabitants. The city was recorded as "Yealoth" in the 1662 census. It may have received its name from Captain Yallahs, a 1671 privateer, or the privateer may have received his pseudonym from the city. Yallahs' name could have simply come from the Spanish word 'yalos', meaning frost, because the high white cliffs in that area have been thought to give an appearance of frost.
Yallahs was chosen as the site of the first Baptist church in Jamaica in 1822. The Rev. Joshua Tinson’s attempt to start the Baptist church was thwarted, but he returned in 1828 and succeeded in establishing both a church and school. The Yallahs River is a source of fresh water for the inhabitants of the neighbouring City Of Kingston and St. Andrew and provides residents with water through the Yallahs Pipeline. It is home to a plethora of Christian denominations and is a contributor to the mining industry through gravel extraction that happens along the Yallahs River bank. The city is governed by the St. Thomas Parish Council which is located in the parish's capital town, Morant Bay.
Geography
The town of Yallahs is located in the southwestern section of the parish of St. Thomas in Jamaica. It is made up of a collaboration of districts, communities and villages surrounding the Yallahs River Basin including:
West Of The River
Sun Valley
Albion Estate
East Albion (North Of Albion Estate)
East Of The River
Poor Man's Corner
Yallahs Housing Scheme 1
Yallahs Housing Scheme 2
Yallahs Housing Scheme 3
Heartese
Norris
Hampstead
Logwood
Montpellier
Newland District
Lloyd's Pen
Southaven
Knightsville
Baptist
Pondside (North Of The Yallahs Pond) Lowden Hill (North Of The Yallahs Pond)
History
The town was one of the main towns in which the Arawaks lived. The Spanish explorers renamed the town after they arrived in the island. The Spanish married and also had illegitimate children with Arawak women which would in turn give their children a right to the soil, they called their offspring Taino.
Economy
Transportation
Sport
References
External links
Aerial view. Yallahs at Official Jamaica Tourist Board