Kingston, Jamaica

The City of Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica. It is on the southeastern coast of the island country. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects Port Royal and the norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island. In the Western Hemisphere, Kingston is the largest predominantly English-speaking city south of the United States, with a population of 651,880 (2001 census).

Location of Kingston shown within Jamaica
Coordinates:
Country	Jamaica
County	Surrey
Parish	Kingston St. Andrew
Established	1693
Government
• Mayor	Andrew Swaby
Area
• Total	453 km2 (175 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	651,880
• Density	1,439/km2 (3,730/sq mi)
• Kingston Parish	96,052
• St. Andrew Parish	555,828
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)

Kingston, Jamaica Media

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  Scenes in Kingston after the 1882 fire.

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  map of Kingston Jamaica in the 1890s

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  Bird's eye view of Kingston after the 1907 earthquake

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  Kingston - King Street, looking south (1908)

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  Kingston, Jamaica from the masthead of HMAS Melbourne - 1915

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  View of the central Kingston waterfront showing the Bank of Nova Scotia and the Bank of Jamaica

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  Former Air Jamaica headquarters

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  A bust of Marcus Garvey in Emancipation Park

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  Independence Park National Stadium

Other websites

• Extract from Tour Jamaica by Margaret Morris
• Jamaica Library Service: brief history of Kingston Archived 2005-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
• 2001 Census Archived 2009-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Accounts of 1907 Earthquake in The Times Archived 2021-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Kingston City Guide Archived 2007-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Jamaican Affairs - Kingston Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Kingston Guide Archived 2007-11-05 at the Wayback Machine