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Map of the counties: 1) Cornwall County, 2) Middlesex County, 3) Surrey County. Jamaica is divided into three historic counties, though they have no administrative function today. They were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British county court system. [9]
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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 ...
Middlesex is the central of the three historic counties into which Jamaica is divided. It has no current-day administrative significance. [citation needed] It covers 5,041.9 km 2 and has a population of 1,183,361 [1] (about 45% of the island's area and population) giving it the largest area and population of the three counties.
Jamaica's three counties (Surrey, Middlesex and Cornwall) were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British county court system. [2] Surrey was named after the English county in which Kingston upon Thames is found. [2] Kingston was its county town. [2]
Jamaica is an upper-middle-income country [15] with an economy heavily dependent on tourism; it has an average of 4.3 million tourists a year. [20] Jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, with power vested in the bicameral Parliament of Jamaica, consisting of an appointed Senate and a directly elected House of Representatives. [9]
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 .