Administrative division of Jamaica

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Historic counties ( countys )

Map of the historical counties from 1822

Jamaica is divided into three traditional counties ( countys divided), which today have no administrative relevance.

No. county Area
km²		 Population
Census 2001		 Traditional
capital
1 Cornwall 3,939.3 600,581 Montego Bay
2 Middlesex 5,041.9 1,183,361 Spanish Town
3 Surrey County 2,009.3 823,689 Kingston
Jamaica 10,990.5 2,607,631 Kingston

Parishes (counties)

These counties are divided into 14 parishes , which roughly correspond to counties . These are the actual administrative districts:

Jamaica parishes numbered2.png
No. Parish Area
km²		 Population
Census 2001		 Capital
Cornwall County
1 Hanover Parish 450.4 67,037 Lucea
2 Saint Elizabeth Parish 1,212.4 146.404 Black River
3 Saint James Parish 594.9 175.127 Montego Bay
4th Trelawny Parish 874.6 73.066 Falmouth
5 Westmoreland Parish 807.0 138,947 Savanna-la-Mar
Middlesex County
6th Clarendon Parish 1,196.3 237.024 May Pen
7th Manchester Parish 830.1 185,801 Mandeville
8th Saint Ann Parish 1,212.6 166,762 Saint Ann's Bay
9 Saint Catherine Parish 1,192.4 482.308 Spanish Town
10 Saint Mary Parish 610.5 111,466 Port Maria
Surrey County
11 Kingston Parish 21.8 96.052 Kingston
12 Portland Parish 814.0 80.205 Port Antonio
13 Saint Andrew Parish 430.7 555,828 Half Way Tree
14th Saint Thomas Parish 742.8 91,604 Morant Bay
Jamaica 10,990.5 2,607,631 Kingston

Former parishes

The administrative division in parishes has existed since 1655 when Jamaica became British . However, there used to be more parishes than there are today. Most existed in 1865 when Jamaica was divided into 22 parishes . The current division into 14 parishes has existed since 1867, when eight of them were dissolved. The following overview is divided into counties :

No. Former Parish Capital incorporated in Parish (es)
Cornwall County
not affected
Middlesex County
1 Metacalfe Saint Mary
2 Saint Dorothy Saint Catherine
3 Saint John Saint Catherine
4th Saint Thomas in the Vale Saint Catherine
5 Vere Clarendon
Surrey County
6th Port Royal Port Royal Saint Andrew and Kingston
7th Saint George Saint Mary and Portland
8th Saint David Saint Thomas

Portmore Municipality

Below the parishes there is no further administrative level that would roughly correspond to the municipal level. An exception since 2003 is Portmore Municipality , a separate municipality within Saint Catherine Parish .

Constituencies

The parishes are further divided into constituencies and these in turn are divided into divisions . However, these are purely electoral districts for the election of parish assemblies; they have no administrative relevance.

  • Cornwall County
    • Hanover Parish
      • Constituency: Hanover East
        • Chester castle
        • Hopewell
        • Sandy bay
      • Constituency: Hanover West
        • Lucea
        • Riverside
        • Cauldwell
        • Green island
      • ...

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Footnotes

  1. ^ A b Kingston Parish and Saint Andrew Parish form the administrative unit of Kingston and St Andrew Corporation .
  2. ↑ Kingston Parish does not include the entire city of Kingston.
  3. ↑ Today's Saint Thomas was called Saint Thomas in the East to distinguish it .