List of cities and towns in Jamaica
Definitions
The following definitions have been used:
- City: Official city status on a settlement is only conferred by Act of Parliament. Only three areas have the designation; Kingston when first incorporated in 1803[2] reflecting its early importance over the then capital Spanish Town, Montego Bay being granted the status in 1980,[3][4][5][6] and Portmore, whose municipal council was given the city title in 2018.[7] It is not necessarily based on population counts, and while a honorific title, can confer some increased autonomy.
- Town/Village: The Statistical Institute of Jamaica considers an urban area to be any area with 2,000 or more residents.[8] A town would generally be considered to be ranked as a higher populated urban area, and a village as a minor urban area.
- Hamlet: Any settlement not listed at [9] and which Google Maps satellite view shows is too small to be a village.
- Neighbourhood: Geographically obvious subdivisions of any of the above.
Cities and towns
A map of Jamaica.
| Name | Pop. 2011 | Coordinates | Parish | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | ||||
| Kingston | 584,627 | 17.9833°N 76.8000°W | Kingston | 1803 |
| Portmore | 182,153 | 17.9499°N 76.8799°W | Saint Catherine | 2018 |
| Montego Bay | 110,115 | 18.4666°N 77.9166°W | Saint James | 1980 |
| Name | Pop.
2011 |
Coordinates | Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief towns (above 10,000 residents) | |||
| Spanish Town | 147,152 | 17.9958°N 76.9551°W | Saint Catherine |
| May Pen | 61,548 | 17.97°N 77.24°W | Clarendon |
| Mandeville | 49,695 | 18.05°N 77.48°W | Manchester |
| Old Harbour | 28,912 | 17.92°N 77.10°W | Saint Catherine |
| Savanna-la-Mar | 22,633 | 18.16°N 77.95°W | Westmoreland |
| Ocho Rios | 16,671 | 18.42°N 77.11°W | Saint Ann |
| Port Antonio | 14,816 | 18.16°N 76.38°W | Portland |
| Linstead | 14,231 | 18.15°N 77.02°W | Saint Catherine |
| Saint Ann's Bay | 11,173 | 18.44°N 77.22°W | Saint Ann |
| Morant Bay | 11,052 | 17.87°N 76.39°W | Saint Thomas |
| Hayes | 10,639 | 17.88°N 77.25°W | Clarendon |
Villages
- Accompong (Saint Elizabeth)
- Aeolus Valley (Saint Thomas)
- Airy Castle (Saint Thomas)
- Barking Lodge (Saint Thomas)
- Bog (Westmoreland)
- Big Woods (Westmoreland)
- Boscobel (Saint Mary)
- Bull Bay (Saint Andrew)
- Carmel (Westmoreland)
- Cattawood Springs (Portland)
- Clarendon Park (Clarendon)
- Cotterwood (Saint Elizabeth)
- Duckenfield (Saint Thomas)
- Four Paths
- Franklin Town
- Haddersfield (Saint Mary)
- Hagley Gap (Saint Thomas)
- Hodges (Saint Elizabeth)
- Hopewell Hall (Saint Thomas)
- Hopewell (Clarendon)
- Hopewell (Manchester)
- Hopewell (Saint Andrew)
- Hopewell (Saint Ann)
- Meadsfiedl, Knockpatrick (Manchester)
- Hopewell (Saint Elizabeth)
- Hopewell (Westmoreland)
- Hopeton (Westmoreland)
- Lloyds, Saint Thomas, Jamaica (Saint Thomas)
- Long Wood (Saint Elizabeth)
- Mavis Bank (Saint Andrew)
- Middle Quarters (Saint Elizabeth)
- Mount Rosser
- Nanny Town (Portland)
- New Holland (Saint Elizabeth)
- New Market (Saint Elizabeth)
- New Roads (Saint Elizabeth)
- Newcastle
- Nine Mile (Saint Ann)
- Old Pera
- Paynes Town (Saint Elizabeth)
- Port Esquivel
- Port Morant (Saint Thomas)
- Roxborough (Manchester)
- San San (Portland)
- Sheckles Pen
- Stonehenge
- Vineyard Town
- Walderston
- White Hall (Saint Elizabeth)
- Wood Hall (Saint Catherine)
Neighbourhoods
- Penance
- Prospect
Kingston & St. Andrew
- Barbican
- Allerdyce
- Cherry Gardens
- Belgrade Mews
- Smokey Vale
- Constant Spring
- Denham Town
- Tivoli Gardens
- Jones Town
- Kencot
- Allman Town
- Rae Town
- Downtown Kingston
- Red Hills
- Stony Hill
- Mountain View
- Forest Gardens
- Forest Hills
- Forest Hills Gardens
- Duhaney Park
- Patrick City
- Patrick Gardens
- Washington Gardens
- Norbrook
- Queen Hill
- Meadowbrook
- Meadowbrook Estates
- Pembroke Hall
- Half Way Tree
- Eastwood Park Gardens
- Harbour View
- Port Royal
- Liguanea
- Mona
- Papine
- Kintyre
- Beverley Hills
- Long Mountain
- New Kingston
- Trafalgar Park
- Hope Pastures
- Jack's Hill
- Riva Ridge
- Half-Way-Tree
- Cross Roads
- Norbrook
- Trench town
- Riverton Meadows
- Seaview Gardens
- Callaloo Bed
- New Haven
- Waterhouse
- Backto
- Payne Land
- Olympic Garden
- [[Cockburn Gardens]
- Greenwich Town
- Whitfield Town
- Marverley
- Pembrook Hall
- Zaidie Gardens
- Hughenden
- Havendale
- Molynes Gardens
- Vineyard Town
- Woodford Park
- Franklyn Town
- Eden Gardens
- Bournemouth Gardens
- Norman Gardens
- August Town
- College Common
- Elletson Flats
References
- Cities, towns, villages and neighbourhoods
- Nugent, Maria (9 December 2010). Lady Nugent's Journal: Jamaica One Hundred Years Ago. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108024419.
- "Montego Bay (Status of City) Act | Ministry of Justice - Government of Jamaica".
- "Parish profiles - Jamaica Information Service". jis.gov.jm. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- "Major Jamaican Cities & Towns - Including the Largest City in Jamaica". My-Island-Jamaica.com. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- "It's now Portmore City Municipality". jamaica-gleaner.com. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- "Urban centres grow by 5 per cent". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- "World Gazetteer, Jamaica: Largest cities and towns with statistics of their population". Archived from the original on 5 December 2012.
External links
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- World Gazetteer, Jamaica: Largest cities and towns with statistics of their population at Archive.today (archived 2012-12-05)
- World Gazetteer, Jamaica: Maps at Archive.today (archived 2013-02-09)
- Origin of Jamaican Place names
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