Parishes of Jamaica

Parishes of Jamaica
Hanover Saint Elizabeth Saint James Trelawny Parish Westmoreland Clarendon Manchester Saint Ann Saint Catherine Saint Mary Kingston Parish Portland Saint Andrew Saint ThomasJamaica parishes numbered2.png
Category Unitary state
Location Jamaica
Number 14 Parishes
Populations 68,000 (Hanover) – 541,000 (Saint Andrew)
Areas 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi) (Kingston) – 1,213 km2 (468 sq mi) (Saint Ann)
Government Parish government, National government
Subdivisions Cities, Towns, Villages
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Administratively, Jamaica is divided into fourteen parishes. They are grouped into three historic counties, which have no administrative relevance. Every parish has a coast; none is landlocked.

The traditional county towns were Savanna-la-Mar for Cornwall County, Spanish Town for Middlesex County, and Kingston for Surrey County.

Parish Capital Area
km²
Population
Census 2011
Cornwall County
1Hanover Lucea 450.4 69,533
2Saint Elizabeth Black River 1,212.4 150,205
3Saint James Montego Bay 594.9 183,811
4Trelawny Falmouth 874.6 75,164
5Westmoreland Savanna-la-Mar 807.0 144,103
Middlesex County
6Clarendon May Pen 1,196.3 245,103
7Manchester Mandeville 830.1 189,797
8Saint Ann Saint Ann's Bay 1,212.6 172,362
9Saint Catherine Spanish Town 1,192.4 516,218
10Saint Mary Port Maria 610.5 113,615
Surrey County
11Kingston Parish(1) (2) Kingston 21.8 89,057
12Portland Port Antonio 814.0 81,744
13Saint Andrew(1) Half Way Tree 430.7 573,369
14Saint Thomas Morant Bay 742.8 93,902
Total 10,991.0 2,697,983

(1) The parishes of Kingston and Saint Andrew together form the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation.
(2) The parish of Kingston does not encompass all of the city of Kingston. Most of the city is in the parish of St. Andrew.

Map of the parishes of Jamaica.

Former Parishes

Parishes have been a feature of local administration in Jamaica since the island was captured by the English in 1655.[1] The number has varied over time and some no longer exist having either been absorbed into or divided between neighbouring parishes.[1] At the peak, 1841–1865, there were 22 (the current 14 plus those listed below).[1]

The current set of parishes was established in 1866 with the elimination of the 8 listed below (roughly by county):[1]

Surrey:

Middlesex:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Prestwidge, Bill. "Jamaican Parish Reference". Retrieved 2009-10-24.

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