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Parishes of Jamaica
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Administratively, Jamaica is divided into fourteen parishes. They are grouped to three historic counties, which have no administrative relevance (traditional capitals in parentheses):
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| Parish | Area km² |
Population Census 2001 |
Capital | |
| Cornwall County | ||||
| 1 | Hanover | 450.4 | 67,037 | Lucea |
| 2 | Saint Elizabeth | 1,212.4 | 146,404 | Black River |
| 3 | Saint James | 594.9 | 175,127 | Montego Bay |
| 4 | Trelawny Parish | 874.6 | 73,066 | Falmouth |
| 5 | Westmoreland | 807.0 | 138,947 | Savanna-la-Mar |
| Middlesex County | ||||
| 6 | Clarendon | 1,196.3 | 237,024 | May Pen |
| 7 | Manchester | 830.1 | 185,801 | Mandeville |
| 8 | Saint Ann | 1,212.6 | 166,762 | Saint Ann's Bay |
| 9 | Saint Catherine | 1,192.4 | 482,308 | Spanish Town |
| 10 | Saint Mary | 610.5 | 111,466 | Port Maria |
| Surrey County | ||||
| 11 | Kingston Parish(1) (2) | 21.8 | 96,052 | Kingston |
| 12 | Portland | 814.0 | 80,205 | Port Antonio |
| 13 | Saint Andrew(1) | 430.7 | 555,828 | Half Way Tree |
| 14 | Saint Thomas | 742.8 | 91,604 | Morant Bay |
| Jamaica | 10,990.5 | 2,607,631 | Kingston | |
(1) Kingston Parish and Saint Andrew Parish together form Kingston and St Andrew Corporation.
(2) Kingston Parish does not encompass all of Kingston.
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 (now divided between Kingston and Saint Andrew)
- Saint George (now divided between Saint Mary and Portland)
- Saint David (now part of Saint Thomas)
Middlesex:
- Metcalfe (now part of Saint Mary)
- Saint Dorothy (now part of Saint Catherine)
- Saint John (now part of Saint Catherine)
- Saint Thomas in the Vale (now part of Saint Catherine) - 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 (now part of Clarendon)
Clarendon • Hanover • Kingston • Manchester • Portland • Saint Andrew • Saint Ann • Saint Catherine • Saint Elizabeth • Saint James • Saint Mary • Saint Thomas • Trelawny • Westmoreland
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