List of cities and towns in Jamaica
The following is a list of the most populous settlements 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[1] reflecting its early importance over the then capital Spanish Town, Montego Bay being granted the status in 1980,[2][3][4][5] and Portmore, whose municipal council was given the city title in 2018.[6] 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.[7] A town would generally be considered to be ranked as a higher populated urban area, and a village as a minor urban area.
- Neighbourhood: Geographically obvious subdivisions of any of the above.
Cities and towns[]
The factual accuracy of parts of this article (those related to town population) may be compromised due to out-of-date information. (February 2020) |
Name | Pop. 2011 | Coordinates | Parish | City |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cities | ||||
Kingston | 584,627 | 17°59′00″N 76°48′00″W / 17.9833°N 76.8000°W | Kingston | 1803 |
Portmore | 182,153 | 17°57′00″N 76°52′48″W / 17.9499°N 76.8799°W | Saint Catherine | 2018 |
Montego Bay | 110,115 | 18°28′00″N 77°55′00″W / 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°59′45″N 76°57′18″W / 17.9958°N 76.9551°W | Saint Catherine |
May Pen | 61,548 | 17°58′N 77°14′W / 17.97°N 77.24°W | Clarendon |
Mandeville | 49,695 | 18°03′N 77°29′W / 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)
- (Manchester)
- 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)
- (Clarendon)
- Haddersfield (Saint Mary)
- Hagley Gap (Saint Thomas)
- Hodges (Saint Elizabeth)
- Hopewell Hall (Saint Thomas)
- Hopewell (Clarendon)
- Hopewell (Manchester)
- Hopewell (Saint Andrew)
- Hopewell (Saint Ann)
- Hopewell (Saint Elizabeth)
- Hopewell (Westmoreland)
- Hopeton (Westmoreland)
- (Manchester)
- (Saint Thomas)
- (Saint Elizabeth)
- Mavis Bank (Saint Andrew)
- (Manchester)
- Middle Quarters (Saint Elizabeth)
- (Saint Catherine)
- Nanny Town (Portland)
- New Holland (Saint Elizabeth)
- New Market (Saint Elizabeth)
- New Roads (Saint Elizabeth)
- Newcastle (Saint Andrew)
- Nine Mile (Saint Ann)
- Old Pera (Saint Thomas)
- Paynes Town (Saint Elizabeth)
- Port Esquivel (Saint Catherine)
- Port Morant (Saint Thomas)
- Roxborough (Manchester)
- San San (Portland)
- (Clarendon)
- Stonehenge (Saint James)
- White Hall (Saint Elizabeth)
- Wood Hall (Saint Catherine)
Neighbourhoods[]
Kingston & St. Andrew[]
- Barbican
- Constant Spring
- Denham Town
- Tivoli Gardens
- Kencot
- Rae Town
- Stony Hill
- Forest Hills Gardens
- Norbrook
- Pembroke Hall
- Half Way Tree
- Harbour View
- Port Royal
- Liguanea
- Mona
- Kintyre
- Beverley Hills
- Long Mountain
- New Kingston
- Riva Ridge
- Cross Roads
- Norbrook
- Trenchtown
- Seaview Gardens
- New Haven
- Waterhouse
- Havendale
- Vineyard Town
- Eden Gardens
- Bournemouth Gardens
- Norman Gardens
- August Town
See also[]
References[]
- ^ 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.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Populated places in Jamaica. |
- 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
Categories:
- Populated places in Jamaica
- Lists of cities by country
- Jamaica geography-related lists
- City status