What is Port Antonio, Jamaica?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Port Antonio |image_skyline = Port antonio2.JPG |imagesize = 262px |image_caption = '''Port Antonio's Clock Tower.''' |image_map = |mapsize = 262px |map_caption = |subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]] |subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Jamaica]] |subdivision_type1 = [[County]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Surrey, Jamaica|Surrey]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Parishes of Jamaica|Parish]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Portland Parish, Jamaica|Portland]] |population_as_of = 1991 Census |population_total = 13,246 |population_blank2_title= Portland Parish |population_blank2 = 81,000 |timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]] |coordinates = {{coord|18|10||N|76|27||W|region:JM|display=title}} |utc_offset = -5 }} '''Port Antonio''' is a costal town in eastern [[Jamaica]] which is about 60 miles (100&nbsp;km) from [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]. In the 1880s [[Lorenzo Dow Baker]] started the [[banana]] [[trade]] in Jamaica which made Port Antonio grow quickly, with more and more [[tourist]]s arriving and departing in the banana boats. Its population 1982 was 12,285 growing to 13,246 in 1991. It is the island's third largest port, famous as a shipping point for bananas and coconuts, as well as one of its most important tourist attractions. Tourism is a major contributor to the town's [[economy]]. {{Commonscat|Port Antonio}} {{North-America-stub}} [[Category:Towns in Jamaica]]