Parishes of Jamaica
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Administratively, [[Jamaica]] is divided into fourteen [[parish (subnational entity)|parish]]es. They are grouped into three historic [[county|counties]], which have no administrative relevance (traditional capitals in parentheses):
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*[[Surrey, Jamaica|Surrey]] ([[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]){{ndash}} <font color=gold>yellow</font>
*[[Middlesex, Jamaica|Middlesex]] ([[Spanish Town]]){{ndash}} <font color=pink>pink</font>
*[[Cornwall, Jamaica|Cornwall]] ([[Montego Bay]]){{ndash}} <font color=green>green</font>
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
| style="background: #CCC;" align="right"|
| style="background: #CCC;" |Parish
| style="background: #CCC;" align="right"|Area</br>km²
| style="background: #CCC;" align="right"|Population<br />[[Census]] 2001
| style="background: #CCC;" |[[Capital]]
|-
| style="background: #BFB;" colspan="5" align="center"|'''[[Cornwall, Jamaica|Cornwall County]]'''
|-
| 1||[[Hanover Parish, Jamaica|Hanover]]
| align="right"| 450.4
| align="right"| 67,037
| [[Lucea]]
|-
| 2||[[Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica|Saint Elizabeth]]
| align="right"| 1,212.4
| align="right"| 146,404
| [[Black River, Jamaica|Black River]]
|-
| 3||[[Saint James Parish, Jamaica|Saint James]]
| align="right"| 594.9
| align="right"| 175,127
| [[Montego Bay]]
|-
| 4||[[Trelawny Parish, Jamaica|Trelawny]]
| align="right"| 874.6
| align="right"| 73,066
| [[Falmouth, Jamaica|Falmouth]]
|-
| 5||[[Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica|Westmoreland]]
| align="right"| 807.0
| align="right"| 138,947
| [[Savanna-la-Mar]]
|-
| style="background: #FBB;" colspan="5" align="center"|'''[[Middlesex, Jamaica|Middlesex County]]'''
|-
| 6||[[Clarendon Parish, Jamaica|Clarendon]]
| align="right"| 1,196.3
| align="right"| 237,024
| [[May Pen]]
|-
| 7||[[Manchester Parish, Jamaica|Manchester]]
| align="right"| 830.1
| align="right"| 185,801
| [[Mandeville, Jamaica|Mandeville]]
|-
| 8||[[Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica|Saint Ann]]
| align="right"| 1,212.6
| align="right"| 166,762
| [[Saint Ann's Bay]]
|-
| 9||[[Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica|Saint Catherine]]
| align="right"| 1,192.4
| align="right"| 482,308
| [[Spanish Town]]
|-
| 10||[[Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica|Saint Mary]]
| align="right"| 610.5
| align="right"| 111,466
| [[Port Maria]]
|-
| style="background: #FFA;" colspan="5" align="center"|'''[[Surrey, Jamaica|Surrey County]]'''
|-
| 11||[[Kingston Parish, Jamaica|Kingston (parish)]]<sup><small>(1)</small></sup> <sup><small>(2)</small></sup>
| align="right"| 21.8
| align="right"| 96,052
| [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|-
| 12||[[Portland Parish, Jamaica|Portland]]
| align="right"| 814.0
| align="right"| 80,205
| [[Port Antonio]]
|-
| 13||[[Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica|Saint Andrew]]<sup><small>(1)</small></sup>
| align="right"| 430.7
| align="right"| 555,828
| [[Half Way Tree]]
|-
| 14||[[Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica|Saint Thomas]]
| align="right"| 742.8
| align="right"| 91,604
| [[Morant Bay]]
|-style="background: #CCC;"
| ||'''[[Jamaica]]'''
| align="right"| 10,990.5
| align="right"| 2,607,631
| '''[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]'''
|}
<sup><small>(1)</small></sup> The parishes of Kingston and Saint Andrew together form the ''[[Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation]]''. <br />
<sup><small>(2)</small></sup> The parish of Kingston does not encompass all of the city of Kingston. Most of the city is in the parish of St. Andrew.<br />
== Former Parishes ==
Parishes have been a feature of local administration in Jamaica ever since the island was captured by the English in [[1655]]. Throughout its history, Jamaica has had a number of parishes, some of which no longer exist (having either been absorbed or divided between neighbouring parishes). At its most in [[1865]], Jamaica once had 22 parishes (the current 14 plus the ones listed below). The current order of parishes was established in [[1867]] through the elimination of 8 parishes. These former parishes were (roughly according to counties):
'''Surrey''':
*[[Port Royal Parish, Jamaica|Port Royal]] (now divided between Kingston and Saint Andrew)
*[[Saint George Parish, Jamaica|Saint George]] (now divided between Saint Mary and Portland)
*[[Saint David Parish, Jamaica|Saint David]] (now part of Saint Thomas)
'''Middlesex''':
*[[Metcalfe Parish, Jamaica|Metcalfe]] (now part of Saint Mary)
*[[Saint Dorothy Parish, Jamaica|Saint Dorothy]] (now part of Saint Catherine)
*[[Saint John Parish, Jamaica|Saint John]] (now part of Saint Catherine)
*[[Saint Thomas in the Vale Parish, Jamaica|Saint Thomas in the Vale]] (now part of Saint Catherine){{ndash}} note that the current Saint Thomas used to be named “Saint Thomas in the East” to differentiate between the two parishes at the time.
*[[Vere Parish, Jamaica|Vere]] (now part of Clarendon)
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