Middlesex County, Jamaica
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Country | Jamaica |
County town | Spanish Town |
Established | 1758 |
Named for | Middlesex, England |
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Middlesex is the central of the three historic counties into which Jamaica is divided. It has no current-day administrative significance.[citation needed] It covers 5,041.9 km² and has a population of 1,183,361[1] (about 45% of the island's area and population) giving it the largest area and population of the three counties. It includes Spanish Town, the island's original capital.
![Jamaica parishes numbered2.png](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Jamaica_parishes_numbered2.png)
The county of Middlesex is shown in pink.
History[]
Jamaica's three counties were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British county court system.[2] Middlesex, the middle of the three, was named after an English county of the same name. It was chosen in Jamaica presumably because of its central position.[2] Spanish Town was its county town.[2]
Parishes[]
Middlesex County | ||||
On map |
Parish | Area km² |
Population Census 2011 |
Capital |
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 |
Middlesex County | 5,041.9 | 1,183,361 | ||
Jamaica total | 10,990.5 | 2,607,631 | Kingston |
References[]
- ^ 2001 census
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Higman, B. W.; Hudson, B. J. (2009). Jamaican Place Names. Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-976-640-306-5.
- Counties of Jamaica
- 1758 establishments in the British Empire