Parishes of Jamaica 666342 226025467 2008-07-16T14:22:37Z 125.2.181.27 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): {{Jamaica parishes imagemap}} *[[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"|&nbsp; | 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;" |&nbsp; ||'''[[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) {{Parishes of Jamaica}} {{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of North American countries}} [[Category:Lists of country subdivisions|Jamaica, Parishes of]] [[Category:Parishes of Jamaica| ]] [[Category:First-level administrative country subdivisions]] Narasingapuram, Thuraiyur.621008 {{Jamaica-geo-stub}} [[de:Verwaltungsgliederung Jamaikas]] [[eu:Jamaikaren banaketa administratiboa]] [[fr:Subdivisions de la Jamaïque]] [[it:Parrocchie della Giamaica]] [[nl:Parishes van Jamaica]] [[ja:ジャマイカの行政区画]] [[pt:Subdivisões da Jamaica]] [[zh:牙买加行政区划]]