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Although Kingston, the country's capital, along with part of the parish of St Andrew, was already subdivided into postal zones, these were not incorporated into the new codes. For example, JMAAW03 was to be the postcode for Kingston 8, rather than JMAAW08 , which was to be the postcode for Half Way Tree , in Kingston 10, while the postcode for ...
Kingston is one of the 14 Parishes of Jamaica. [2] Together with neighbouring St. Andrew Parish, it makes up the amalgamated Municipal Unit of Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation. [3] 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. [1]
Scenes in Kingston after the 1882 fire. Map of Kingston, 1897. Kingston was founded on 22 July 1692, [10] [11] shortly after the 1692 earthquake that devastated Port Royal in 1692; the original section of the city which was situated at the bottom of the Liguanea Plains was laid out to house survivors of that earthquake.
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.
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.Today Trench Town is the location of the Trench Town Culture Yard Museum, a National Heritage Site presenting the unique history and contribution of Trench Town to Jamaica.
It is administered by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation and is served by the Kingston 17 Post Office. Harbour View was built in 1960, two years before the country's Independence in 1962. The community was the first in Jamaica to have a community paper and its residents claim that the community was the first to host street dances. [1]
Portmore is on the south coast in the Parish of St. Catherine. It is approximately 15 miles south-west of the capital of Kingston. [3] It is divided into two regions, the plains to the north and the limestone hills of Hellshire to the south. [4] The most densely populated areas are located on low-lying reclaimed lands.
Cross Roads is a primarily commercial neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica. [1] It is centered on the intersection of five major roads: Slipe Road, Half Way Tree Road, Old Hope Road, Caledonia Avenue and Marescaux Road. [2] It is perhaps the geographical centre of Kingston. [3]