Kingston is one of the 14
Parishes of Jamaica
The parishes of Jamaica are the main units of local government in Jamaica. They were created following the English Invasion of Jamaica in 1655. This administrative structure for the Colony of Jamaica developed slowly. However, since 1 May 1867 ...
. Together with neighbouring
St. Andrew Parish, it makes up the amalgamated Municipal Unit of
Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation
The Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation (KSAC) is a unit of local government in Jamaica. It was formed in 1923 when the parishes of Saint Andrew and Kingston were administratively merged. It is divided into 15 Political Constituencies, which ar ...
.
KSAC History
/ref> The city of Kingston is the parish and national capital.
Kingston Parish is 25 km² in area, with a population of 89,057 at the 2011 census.Tivoli Gardens
Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli, is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klam ...
, Denham Town
Denham Town is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in western Kingston, Jamaica. It has a reputation as one of Kingston's more violent areas. It was named in memory of Edward Brandis Denham, Governor of Jamaica 1935–1938.
Amenities
Th ...
, Rae Town
Rae Town is a Kingston, Jamaica neighborhood by Kingston Harbor
Kingston Harbour in Jamaica is the seventh-largest natural harbour in the world. It is an almost landlocked area of water approximately long by wide. Most of it is deep enough t ...
, Kingston Gardens, National Heroes Park
National Heroes Park (formerly King George VI Memorial Park) is a botanical garden in Kingston, Jamaica. The largest open space in Kingston at 50 acres in size, , Bournemouth Gardens, Norman Gardens, Rennock Lodge
Rennock Lodge is a neighbourhood in Kingston, Jamaica. J.E. Duerden reported finding pre-Columbian art in the area in 1879 in the form of two stone sculpted "images" described as amulets.
Notable people
* Outlaw Dennis Barth attended Rennock ...
, Springfield and Port Royal, along with portions of Rollington Town
Rollington Town is a neighborhood in the area of Kingston, Jamaica. Part of it is in Kingston Parish. A campus of Kingston College is in Rollington Town.
Notable events
In 2017 Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) suspended service on a lin ...
, Franklyn Town and Allman Town.
References
External links
Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation website
Parishes of Jamaica
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