List of cities in Jamaica

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This is a list of cities in Jamaica .

By far the largest agglomeration in Jamaica is Kingston with a population of 943,107 (as of January 1, 2006). This means that around a third of the country's population is concentrated in the capital region.

The following table shows the cities with a population of over 5,000, the results of the census of June 8, 1982 and April 8, 1991, a calculation for January 1, 2010 and the administrative unit (county and district) to which the city belongs , listed. The population figures refer to the actual city without the suburbs.

Cities in Jamaica
rank city Residents county district
1982 census 1991 census 2010 estimate
1. Kingston 524,638 587,798 948,683 Surrey Kingston Parish , Saint Andrew Parish
2. Spanish Town 89.097 92,383 162,359 Middlesex Saint Catherine Parish
3. Portmore 73,426 90.138 106.020 Middlesex Saint Catherine Parish
4th Montego Bay 70,265 83,446 79,830 Cornwall Saint James Parish
5. Mandeville 34.502 39,430 48,317 Middlesex Manchester Parish
6th May Pen 40,962 46,785 45,745 Middlesex Clarendon Parish
7th Old Harbor k. A. 17,778 28,665 Middlesex Saint Catherine Parish
8th. Linstead k. A. 14,114 23,234 Middlesex Saint Catherine Parish
9. Savanna-la-Mar 14,912 16,553 19,523 Cornwall Westmoreland Parish
10. Half Way Tree k. A. k. A. 18,139 Surrey Saint Andrew Parish
11. Saint Ann's Bay 9,058 10,518 14,923 Middlesex Saint Ann Parish
12. Bog Walk k. A. 8,794 14,476 Middlesex Saint Catherine Parish
13. Ewarton k. A. 8,742 14,391 Middlesex Saint Catherine Parish
14th Port Antonio 12,285 13,246 14,356 Surrey Portland Parish
15th Constant Spring k. A. 12,369 12,504 Surrey Saint Andrew Parish
16. Morant Bay 8,828 9,185 11,121 Surrey Saint Thomas Parish
17th Hayes k. A. 8,447 9,839 Middlesex Clarendon Parish
18th Ocho Rios k. A. 8,189 9,583 Middlesex Saint Ann Parish
19th Old Harbor Bay k. A. 5,405 8,715 Middlesex Saint Catherine Parish
20th Christiana k. A. 7,235 8,567 Middlesex Manchester Parish
21st Stony Hill k. A. 12,369 8,361 Surrey Saint Andrew Parish
22nd Santa Cruz k. A. 8,144 7,917 Cornwall Saint Elizabeth Parish
23. Brown's Town k. A. 6,762 7,913 Middlesex Saint Ann Parish
24. Port Maria 7,508 7,651 7,713 Middlesex Saint Mary Parish
25th Yallahs k. A. 6,902 7,653 Surrey Saint Thomas Parish
26th Falmouth 6,713 7,245 7,400 Cornwall Trelawny Parish
27. Grange Hill k. A. 6,530 7 198 Cornwall Westmoreland Parish
28. Bull Savanna k. A. k. A. 6 742 Cornwall Saint Elizabeth Parish
29 Runaway Bay k. A. 5,655 6 618 Middlesex Saint Ann Parish
30th Porus k. A. 5,095 6,033 Middlesex Manchester Parish
31. Lucea 5,652 6.002 5,996 Cornwall Hanover Parish
32. Point Hill k. A. 3,651 5,887 Middlesex Saint Catherine Parish
33. Annotto Bay k. A. 5,468 5,504 Middlesex Saint Mary Parish
34. Highgate k. A. 5,418 5,454 Middlesex Saint Mary Parish
35. Lionel Town k. A. 4,669 5,439 Middlesex Clarendon Parish
36. Above rocks k. A. 3,263 5,261 Middlesex Clarendon Parish

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kingston Parish covers only a small part of the city of Kingston. Most of the neighborhoods are in the surrounding Saint Andrew Parish

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