The following is a list of the most populous settlements in

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

Definitions

The following definitions have been used: *City: Official city status on a settlement is only conferred by Act of Parliament. Only three areas have the designation; Kingston when first incorporated in 1802 reflecting its early importance over the then capital Spanish Town, Montego Bay being granted the status in 1980, and Portmore, whose municipal council was given the city title in 2018. It is not necessarily based on population counts, and while a honorific title, can confer some increased autonomy. *Town/Village: The Statistical Institute of Jamaica considers an urban area to be any area with 2,000 or more residents. A town would generally be considered to be ranked as a higher populated urban area, and a village as a minor urban area. *Neighbourhood: Geographically obvious subdivisions of any of the above.

Cities and towns

Villages

Accompong Accompong (from the Akan name '' Acheampong'') is a historical Maroon village located in the hills of St. Elizabeth Parish on the island of Jamaica. It is located in Cockpit Country, where Jamaican Maroons and indigenous Taíno established a for ...

(Saint Elizabeth) * Aeolus Valley (Saint Thomas) *

Airy Castle Airy Castle is a village in the Jamaican parish of Saint Thomas, Jamaica, Saint Thomas. Populated places in Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica {{Jamaica-geo-stub ...

(Saint Thomas) *

Barking Lodge Barking Lodge is a small village in the parish of Saint Thomas close to the south-east coast of Jamaica. History Barking Lodge was once a small sugar estate spanning and worked by 150 slaves at the time of emancipation when the property belo ...

(Saint Thomas) * Berry Hill (Manchester) * Bog (Westmoreland) *

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(Westmoreland) * Boscobel (Saint Mary) * Bull Bay (Saint Andrew) * Carmel (Westmoreland) *

Cattawood Springs Cattawood Springs is a place in Portland Parish, Jamaica located at latitude 18 04' 00", longitude 76 26' 00". Originally this was a Maroon settlement. Its name probably derives from the Twi word ''katá'' which means to cover conceal or prot ...

(Portland) * Clarendon Park (Clarendon) *

Cotterwood Cotterwood is a town in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. It is at latitude 18° 4' 60" N, Longitude 77° 54' 0" W and at an altitude of 107 metres. The community here was founded by Jamaican Maroons who originally came from Cattawood Springs in P ...

(Saint Elizabeth) * Duckenfield (Saint Thomas) * Four Paths (Clarendon) * Haddersfield (Saint Mary) *

Hagley Gap Hagley Gap is a settlement in Saint Thomas parish in southeastern Jamaica. It is a farming village, located from Kingston near the top of the Blue Mountains, whose primary source of revenue is Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee. Hagley Gap is ...

(Saint Thomas) * Hodges (Saint Elizabeth) * Hopewell Hall (Saint Thomas) * Hopewell (Clarendon) * Hopewell (Manchester) * Hopewell (Saint Andrew) * Hopewell (Saint Ann) * Hopewell (Saint Elizabeth) * Hopewell (Westmoreland) * Hopeton (Westmoreland) * Knockpatrick (Manchester) * Lloyds (Saint Thomas) * Long Wood (Saint Elizabeth) *

Mavis Bank Mavis Bank is a rural coffee farming community approximately north east of Kingston, Jamaica in east rural St. Andrew in the Blue Mountains, close to the border of Portland.UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet L, 1 ...

(Saint Andrew) * Meadsfield (Manchester) *

Middle Quarters Middle Quarters is a settlement in Saint Elizabeth Parish in Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after ...

(Saint Elizabeth) * Mount Rosser (Saint Catherine) *

Nanny Town Old Nanny Town was a village in the Blue Mountains of Portland Parish, north-eastern Jamaica, used as a stronghold of Jamaican Maroons (escaped slaves). They were led in the early 18th century by an Ashanti escaped slave known as Granny Nanny, ...

(Portland) * New Holland (Saint Elizabeth) * New Market (Saint Elizabeth) *

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(Saint Elizabeth) *

Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...

(Saint Andrew) * Nine Mile (Saint Ann) * Old Pera (Saint Thomas) * Paynes Town (Saint Elizabeth) * Port Esquivel (Saint Catherine) * Port Morant (Saint Thomas) *

Roxborough Roxborough may refer to: Places * Roxborough, Manchester, Jamaica * Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, a neighborhood * Roxborough, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago Island, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago * Roxborough Castle, Ireland * Roxborou ...

(Manchester) * San San (Portland) * Sheckles Pen (Clarendon) * Stonehenge (Saint James) * Walderston *

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(Saint Elizabeth) *

Wood Hall Wood Hall is a community in Clarendon, Jamaica. There is also a Wood Hall in St. Catherine, Jamaica. The former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller (born 12 December 1945) is a Jamaican politicia ...

(Saint Catherine)

Neighbourhoods

Kingston & St. Andrew

* Barbican * Allerdyce * Cherry Gardens * Belgrade Mews * Smokey Vale * Constant Spring *

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 ...

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* Jones Town * Kencot * Allman Town *

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 ...

Downtown Kingston ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ...

* Red Hills * Stony Hill * Mountain View * Forest Gardens * Forest Hills *

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* Duhaney Park * Patrick City * Patrick Gardens * Washington Gardens * Norbrook * Queen Hill * Meadowbrook * Meadowbrook Estates * Pembroke Hall *

Half Way Tree Half Way Tree is a neighbourhood in the city of Kingston, Jamaica. It is the parish capital of St. Andrew. Half Way Tree is served by the Kingston 10 post office. In recent years, as a result of crime and violence in Downtown Kingston and Cr ...

* Eastwood Park Gardens * Harbour View * Port Royal * Liguanea * Mona *

Ithaca Ithaca most commonly refers to: *Homer's Ithaca, an island featured in Homer's ''Odyssey'' *Ithaca (island), an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca *Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College Ithaca, Ithaka ...

* Papine *

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* Beverley Hills * Long Mountain *

New Kingston Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...

* Trafalgar Park * Hope Pastures * Jack's Hill *

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* Cross Roads * Norbrook *

Trenchtown Trench Town (also Trenchtown) is a neighbourhood located in the parish of St. Andrew, part of which is in Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica. In the 1960s, Trench Town was known as the Hollywood of Jamaica. Today Trench Town is ...

* Riverton Meadows *

Seaview Gardens Seaview Gardens is a community in the West Kingston section of Kingston, Jamaica. It is known for the reggae superstars who grew up there. Musicians such as Dexta Daps have paid tribute to the area in song, noting violence and struggle, but also ...

* Callaloo Bed *

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* Waterhouse * Backto * Payne Land * Olympic Garden * Cockburn Gardens * Greenwich Town * Whitfield Town * Marverley * Pembrook Hall * Zaidie Gardens *

Hughenden Hughenden may refer to: *Hughenden, Queensland, a town in Australia *Hughenden, Alberta, a village in central Alberta, Canada *Hughenden Valley Hughenden Valley (formerly called Hughenden or Hitchendon) is an extensive village and civil parish in ...

* Havendale * Molynes Gardens * Vineyard Town * Woodford Park * Franklyn Town *

Eden Gardens The Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata, India. Established in 1864, it is the oldest and second-largest cricket stadium in India and third-largest in the world. The stadium currently has a capacity of 66,000. Eden Gardens is often re ...

Bournemouth Gardens Bournemouth Gardens is a neighborhood in the eastern area of Kingston, Jamaica, off of Kingston Harbour Kingston Harbour in Jamaica is the seventh-largest natural harbour in the world. It is an almost landlocked area of water approximately l ...

* Norman Gardens *

August Town The August Town Football Club is a Jamaican football (soccer), football club, which currently plays in the KSAFA Major League, KASAFA Major League History The team has never won the National Premier League, in fact, the team was only promoted ...

* College Common * Elletson Flats

References

External links

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Origin of Jamaican Place names
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Cities And Towns In Jamaica

Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

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