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South Bruce Peninsula is a town at the base of the Bruce Peninsula of Ontario, Canada, in Bruce County between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.It was formed on January 1, 1999, when the town of Wiarton, the village of Hepworth, and the townships of Albemarle and Amabel were amalgamated.
The following is a list of the most populous settlements in Jamaica. Definitions Kingston, capital of Jamaica Montego Bay 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 ...
1880: Wiarton becomes an incorporated village with a population of 752. 1882: The railway reaches the village; this will soon make Wiarton into "the commercial entrepot for the peninsula". 1891: The old public school building is expanded and made into a high school. 1893: Wiarton is incorporated into a town, effective 1 January 1894.
Bruce County is a county in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.It has eight lower-tier municipalities with a total 2016 population of 66,491. It is named for James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, the sixth Governor General of the Province of Canada.
The parishes of Jamaica are the main units of local government in Jamaica. They were created following the English settlement of Jamaica in 1655. This administrative structure for the Colony of Jamaica developed slowly. However, since 1 May 1867, Jamaica has been divided into the current fourteen parishes. These were retained after independence ...
Jamaica's fourteen parishes are subdivided into sixty-three constituencies. The country follows the Westminster system and elects sixty-three Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Jamaica House of Representatives.
The zones were described in a press release of Jamaica Post 18 July 2005, [6] the encoding of the post offices one week later on 25 July 2005. [7] The four zones into which the parishes are divided does not correspond with the traditional division of parishes into counties. The parish codes are as follows. Zone A parishes Kingston: KN; St ...