Kingston
Surrey- Capital
- Kingston
- Area
- 22 km²
Reggae, Port Royal, the national capital
The smallest parish by area and the heart of Jamaica's music and government. Home to Trench Town, Tuff Gong, and the natural harbour that made the city.
Fourteen in one
Jamaica is divided into fourteen parishes grouped into three historic counties: Cornwall in the west, Middlesex in the centre and Surrey in the east.
Reggae, Port Royal, the national capital
The smallest parish by area and the heart of Jamaica's music and government. Home to Trench Town, Tuff Gong, and the natural harbour that made the city.
Blue Mountains, Hope Gardens, uptown Kingston
Wraps around Kingston and climbs into the Blue Mountains. Administered jointly with Kingston as the KSA corporate area.
Morant Bay Rebellion, Bath hot springs, Reggae Falls
Where Paul Bogle led the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion. Rugged, rural and rich in African spiritual tradition, including Kumina.
Blue Lagoon, Rio Grande rafting, Boston jerk
The wettest and greenest parish. Windsurfed by Hollywood in the 1940s thanks to Errol Flynn; still the island's most lush corner.
Firefly, Noel Coward's home, banana history
A banana and coconut parish with quiet coves. Ian Fleming wrote the James Bond novels at GoldenEye in Oracabessa.
Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios, birthplace of Bob Marley and Marcus Garvey
The 'Garden Parish' and the largest by area. Columbus landed at Discovery Bay in 1494; today it is the north coast's tourism engine.
Bauxite, sugar, Milk River Bath
A broad agricultural plain producing sugar cane and citrus. Milk River Bath is among the most radioactive mineral spas in the world.
Spanish Town Square, Old Harbour, Hellshire Beach
Spanish Town was Jamaica's capital until 1872 and holds the Georgian square where emancipation was proclaimed in 1838.
Cool highland climate, coffee, bauxite
Sitting on a limestone plateau, Mandeville is one of the coolest towns on the island and a favourite retirement spot.
YS Falls, Black River Safari, Treasure Beach
The 'Breadbasket Parish', farmed without irrigation using guinea-grass mulch. Black River was the first town in Jamaica with electricity.
Negril, Seven Mile Beach, Roaring River
The westernmost parish, with the Great Morass wetlands behind Negril's famous sand.
Lucea Harbour, Dolphin Head Mountains, yams
Second-smallest parish. Its clock tower in Lucea was reportedly meant for Saint Lucia but the townspeople kept it.
Montego Bay, Rose Hall, Sam Sharpe Square
Jamaica's tourism capital. Sam Sharpe's 1831 Christmas Rebellion began here and hastened the end of slavery.
Falmouth Georgian architecture, Luminous Lagoon, Usain Bolt
Cockpit Country in its interior sheltered the Maroons. Falmouth had piped water before New York City.