List of cities and towns in Jamaica explained

The following is a list of the most populous settlements in Jamaica.

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^{[1] [2]} reflecting its early importance over the then capital Spanish Town, Montego Bay being granted the status in 1980,^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} and Portmore, whose municipal council was given the city title in 2018.^[7] 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.^[8] 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

Cities

Name	Census population[9]			Coordinates	Parish	Granted
	2021	2011	2001
Kingston		584,627	579,137	17.98°N -76.8°W	Kingston	1802
Portmore		182,153	156,469	17.94°N -76.87°W	Saint Catherine	2018
Montego Bay		110,115	96,477	18.46°N -77.91°W	Saint James	1980

• • Country and parish capital

• Parish capital

Chief towns

These are settled areas with 10,000 residents or more.

Name	Census population			Coordinates	Parish
	2021	2011	2001
Spanish Town		147,152	131,515	17.99°N -76.95°W	Saint Catherine
May Pen		61,548	57,334	17.97°N -77.24°W	Clarendon
Mandeville		49,695	47,467	18.05°N -77.48°W	Manchester
Old Harbour		28,912	23,823		Saint Catherine
Savanna-la-Mar		22,633	19,893	18.16°N -77.95°W	Westmoreland
Ocho Rios		16,671	15,769	18.42°N -77.11°W	Saint Ann
Linstead		15,231	15,660	18.15°N -77.02°W	Saint Catherine
Port Antonio		14,816	14,568	18.16°N -76.38°W	Portland
Saint Ann's Bay		11,173	10,441	18.44°N -77.22°W	Saint Ann
Morant Bay		11,052	10,782	17.87°N -76.39°W	Saint Thomas
Yallahs		10,849	9,888	17.87°N -76.57°W	Saint Thomas
Hayes		10,639	10,098	17.88°N -77.25°W	Clarendon
Santa Cruz		10,423	10,785	18.07°N -77.72°W	Saint Elizabeth

Towns and villages

Name	Census population			Coordinates	Parish
	2011	2001	1991
Above Rocks	3,076	3,170	3,263	18.1°N -76.87°W	Saint Catherine
Aenon Town	1,374	1,808		18.2°N -77.39°W	Clarendon
Adelphi	2,218	1,459		18.44°N -77.79°W	Saint James
Albert Town	3,845	3,949	3,389	18.29°N -77.54°W	Trelawny
Alexandria	1,693	1,734	1,672	18.29°N -77.35°W	Saint Ann
Alligator Pond	2,541	1,883	1,542	17.87°N -77.56°W	Manchester
Alston	2,049	1,666		18.17°N -77.43°W	Clarendon
Anchovy	4,414	4,081	3,633	18.4°N -77.93°W	Saint James
Annotto Bay	6,017	5,423	5,468	18.27°N -76.77°W	Saint Mary
Balaclava	2,770	2,703	2,837	18.17°N -77.64°W	Saint Elizabeth
Bamboo	4,705	4,298	3,732	18.38°N -77.26°W	Saint Ann
Bath	2,115	2,144	2,151	17.95°N -76.35°W	Saint Thomas
Bethel Town	4,198	3,232	2,768	18.3°N -77.95°W	Westmoreland
Black River	5,352	4,095	3,675	18.03°N -77.86°W	Saint Elizabeth
	2,978	3,132	2,564	18.17°N -78.03°W	Westmoreland
	9,431	11,241	8,794	18.1°N -77.02°W	Saint Catherine
	9,031	8,054	6,762	18.4°N -77.36°W	Saint Ann
	4,678	4,210	2,596	18.23°N -76.67°W	Portland
	3,747	3,457		17.88°N -77.59°W	Saint Elizabeth
	4,073	3,966	3,384	18.32°N -77.89°W	Saint James
	812	866	1,220	18.4°N -78.1°W	Hanover
Carron Hall	1,186	1,293		18.27°N -76.94°W	Saint Mary
	1,500	1,722	1,777	18.27°N -77.37°W	Saint Ann
Cedar Valley	1,299	1,592			Saint Thomas
	4,363	4,556	3,930	18.08°N -77.27°W	Clarendon
	8,430	8,276	7,235	18.17°N -77.49°W	Manchester
	1,773	1,970	2,154	18.38°N -77.17°W	Saint Ann
	3,003	3,953	3,139	18.42°N -77.57°W	Trelawny
	2,016	2,098	3,320	18.22°N -77.5°W	Manchester
Comfort Castle	893	856		18.05°N -76.41°W	Portland
	11,801	12,072	12,369	18.05°N -76.78°W	Saint Andrew
	3,117	3,202	2,994	18.13°N -77.22°W	Clarendon
Cross Keys	1,869	2,057		17.89°N -77.5°W	Manchester
	2,952	3,263	2,742	17.9°N -76.25°W	Saint Thomas
	2,328	2,529	1,435	18.23°N -77.97°W	Westmoreland
Dias	1,653	1,434		18.39°N -78.19°W	Hanover
	2,446	2,518	2,230	18.47°N -77.39°W	Saint Ann
	2,686	2,132	1,849	18.47°N -77.53°W	Trelawny
	2,664	2,326	2,378	17.92°N -76.6°W	Saint Thomas
	9,753	10,807	8,742	18.18°N -77.08°W	Saint Catherine
Falmouth	8,686	8,188	7,245	18.49°N -77.66°W	Trelawny
	3,507	3,625	2,865	18.15°N -77.35°W	Clarendon
	1,306	968	900	18.3°N -78.15°W	Westmoreland
	3,260	4,148	3,205	18.33°N -77°W	Saint Mary
Gimme-Me-Bit	883	1,076		17.89°N -77.28°W	Clarendon
Glengoffe	3,100	3,232		18.14°N -76.88°W	Saint Catherine
	2,351	2,622	2,761	17.93°N -76.27°W	Saint Thomas
	3,265	3,846	1,049	18.05°N -76.7°W	Saint Andrew
	6,922	7,591	6,530	18.37°N -78.2°W	Westmoreland
	1,933	1,539	1,591	18.38°N -78.27°W	Hanover
	763	518	3,165	18.25°N -77°W	Saint Mary
Half Way Tree	5,163	4,934			Saint Andrew
Hector's River	1,617	1,578		18°N -76.26°W	Portland
	6,375	6,051	5,418	18.32°N -76.87°W	Saint Mary
	1,759	1,774	1,569	18.2°N -76.57°W	Portland
	5,651	4,759	4,268	18.25°N -78.3°W	Hanover
	3,983	2,973	2,868	18.32°N -76.85°W	Saint Mary
Jackson Town	2,143	1,718		18.41°N -77.48°W	Trelawny
James Hill	1,404	1,770		18.18°N -77.34°W	Clarendon
Johns Hall	3,217	2,329		18.41°N -77.85°W	Saint James
Junction	4,034	3,524		17.9°N -77.6°W	Saint Elizabeth
	2,106	2,422	2,291	18.17°N -77.23°W	Clarendon
Kemps Hill	573	1,132		17.85°N -77.28°W	Clarendon
	3,788	3,125	3,159	18.07°N -77.75°W	Saint Elizabeth
	3,609	3,568	4,669	17.8°N -77.23°W	Clarendon
	4,222	4,312	1,848	18.3°N -78.2°W	Westmoreland
	2,095	2,552	2,161	18.12°N -77.15°W	Saint Catherine
Long Bay	976	1,074		18.09°N -76.31°W	Portland
Lucea	7,840	6,245	6,002	18.44°N -78.18°W	Hanover
	3,260	4,148	750	18.3°N -77.02°W	Saint Mary
	1,727	1,099	1,359	18.15°N -77.77°W	Saint Elizabeth
	2,817	3,056	3,262	17.97°N -77.72°W	Saint Elizabeth
	2,383	2,316	2,185	18.05°N -76.28°W	Portland
	2,673	3,206	2,669	18.35°N -77.79°W	Saint James
	2,309	2,432	1,756	18.02°N -76.67°W	Saint Andrew
Mile Gully	2,004	2,134		18.13°N -77.54°W	Manchester
Milk River	1,564	842		17.87°N -77.35°W	Clarendon
Mitchell Town	1,452	1,749		17.8°N -77.19°W	Clarendon
Mocho	1,531	1,788		18.02°N -77.32°W	Clarendon
Moneague	3,464	3,383	2,880	18.28°N -77.1°W	Saint Ann
Moore Town	1,061	1,317	1,054	18.07°N -76.43°W	Portland
Mountainside	1,754	1,097		17.98°N -77.74°W	Saint Elizabeth
	2,969	2,506	2,373	17.97°N -77.6°W	Saint Elizabeth
	7,680	5,679	4,184	18.32°N -78.33°W	Westmoreland
	152	184			Hanover
New Market	2,204	1,775		18.14°N -77.9°W	Saint Elizabeth
Newell	2,056	1,836		17.92°N -77.74°W	Saint Elizabeth
Newport	3,022	2,495		17.96°N -77.5°W	Manchester
	5,872	6,344	5,405	17.9°N -77.1°W	Saint Catherine
	4,398	4,230	4,066	18.4°N -76.93°W	Saint Mary
	3,580	2,954	3,390	17.97°N -77.33°W	Clarendon
	5,037	3,699	2,045	18.25°N -78.07°W	Westmoreland
	2,099	2,235	3,651	18.08°N -77.1°W	Saint Catherine
Port Morant	2,905	3,007		17.88°N -76.32°W	Saint Thomas
Port Maria	7,463	7,439	7,651	18.37°N -76.89°W	Saint Mary
Port Royal	1,251	1,651	3,004	17.93°N -76.85°W	Kingston
	6,009	5,924	5,095	18.03°N -77.42°W	Manchester
Pratville	1,963	1,351		17.91°N -77.41°W	Manchester
Race Course	2,958	3,168	2,589	17.83°N -77.28°W	Clarendon
Ramble	2,047	2,024		18.35°N -77.97°W	Hanover
Retreat	3,034	2,759		18.39°N -77.02°W	Saint Mary
Richmond	2,086	2,210	1,984	18.23°N -76.9°W	Saint Mary
	1,037	1,275	1,108	18.46°N -77.45°W	Trelawny
	2,514	3,575	2,791	18.15°N -76.97°W	Saint Catherine
Rock River	1,786	1,831		18.07°N -77.21°W	Clarendon
	2,473	3,327	2,744	17.77°N -77.27°W	Clarendon
	8,640	5,840	5,655	18.45°N -77.33°W	Saint Ann
	5,052	3,817	4,476	18.45°N -78.1°W	Hanover
	5,287	5,517	4,108	17.93°N -76.45°W	Saint Thomas
	2,545	2,755	2,701	18.17°N -77.71°W	Saint Elizabeth
	3,854	3,404	2,671	17.88°N -77.67°W	Saint Elizabeth
Spalding	4,373	3,225	5,481	18.14°N -77.41°W	Manchester
	2,147	2,645			Clarendon
	9,307	9,242	8,244	18.08°N -76.78°W	Saint Andrew
Thompson Town	2,310	2,383		18.08°N -77.36°W	Clarendon
Toll Gate	2,800	3,087		17.97°N -77.35°W	Clarendon
Trinity Ville	1,239	2,338	2,614	17.95°N -76.53°W	Saint Thomas
Troja	1,019	1,394		18.2°N -76.92°W	Saint Catherine
Ulster Spring	841	995	1,391	18.32°N -77.52°W	Trelawny
Wakefield	3,373	3,019	2,724	18.42°N -77.72°W	Trelawny
Wait-A-Bit	3,157	3,439		18.24°N -77.52°W	Trelawny
Watt Town	434	538		18.3°N -77.41°W	Saint Ann
	4,211	3,498	3,157	18.08°N -77.97°W	Westmoreland
	3,327	4,251	2,800	18.07°N -77.48°W	Manchester
York Town	1,623	2,075		17.94°N -77.27°W	Clarendon

Villages

• Accompong (Saint Elizabeth)
• Aeolus Valley (Saint Thomas)
• Airy Castle (Saint Thomas)
• Barking Lodge (Saint Thomas)
• Berry Hill (Manchester)
• Bog (Westmoreland)
• Big Woods (Westmoreland)
• Boscobel (Saint Mary)
• Bull Bay (Saint Andrew)
• Carmel (Westmoreland)
• Cattawood Springs (Portland)
• Clarendon Park (Clarendon)
• Cotterwood (Saint Elizabeth)
• Duckenfield (Saint Thomas)
• Four Paths (Clarendon)
• Haddersfield (Saint Mary)
• Hagley Gap (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 (Saint Andrew)
• Meadsfield (Manchester)
• Middle Quarters (Saint Elizabeth)
• Mount Rosser (Saint Catherine)
• Nanny Town (Portland)
• New Holland (Saint Elizabeth)
• New Market (Saint Elizabeth)
• New Roads (Saint Elizabeth)
• Newcastle (Saint Andrew)
• Nine Mile (Saint Ann)
• Old Pera (Saint Thomas)
• Paynes Town (Saint Elizabeth)
• Port Esquivel (Saint Catherine)
• Port Morant (Saint Thomas)
• Roxborough (Manchester)
• San San (Portland)
• Sheckles Pen (Clarendon)
• Stonehenge (Saint James)
• Walderston
• White Hall (Saint Elizabeth)
• Wood Hall (Saint Catherine)

Neighbourhoods

Kingston & St. Andrew

• Barbican
• Allerdyce
• Cherry Gardens
• Belgrade Mews
• Smokey Vale
• Constant Spring
• Denham Town
• Tivoli Gardens
• Jones Town
• Kencot
• Allman Town
• Rae Town
• Downtown Kingston
• Red Hills
• Stony Hill
• Mountain View
• Forest Gardens
• Forest Hills
• Forest Hills Gardens
• Duhaney Park
• Patrick City
• Patrick Gardens
• Washington Gardens
• Norbrook
• Queen Hill
• Meadowbrook
• Meadowbrook Estates
• Pembroke Hall
• Half Way Tree
• Eastwood Park Gardens
• Harbour View
• Port Royal
• Liguanea
• Mona
• Ithaca
• Papine
• Kintyre
• Beverley Hills
• Long Mountain
• New Kingston
• Trafalgar Park
• Hope Pastures
• Jack's Hill
• Riva Ridge
• Cross Roads
• Norbrook
• Trenchtown
• Riverton Meadows
• Seaview Gardens
• Callaloo Bed
• New Haven
• Waterhouse
• Backto
• Payne Land
• Olympic Garden
• Cockburn Gardens
• Greenwich Town
• Whitfield Town
• Marverley
• Pembrook Hall
• Zaidie Gardens
• Hughenden
• Havendale
• Molynes Gardens
• Vineyard Town
• Woodford Park
• Franklyn Town
• Eden Gardens
• Bournemouth Gardens
• Norman Gardens
• August Town
• College Common
• Elletson Flats

See also

• Demographics of Jamaica

References

1. Web site: The Laws of Jamaica: 1799-1803 . A. Aikman, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty . en . 1812.
2. Web site: A Special Gleaner Feature on Pieces of the Past - The Capital City Kingston -The first 500 years in Jamaica . old.jamaica-gleaner.com.
3. Web site: Montego Bay (Status of City) Act Ministry of Justice - Government of Jamaica.
4. Web site: Parish profiles - Jamaica Information Service. jis.gov.jm. 2019-07-16.
5. Web site: Major Jamaican Cities & Towns - Including the Largest City in Jamaica. My-Island-Jamaica.com. 2019-07-16.
6. Web site: Jamaica Observer Limited. Jamaica Observer. 2019-07-16.
7. Web site: It's now Portmore City Municipality. 2018-11-03. jamaica-gleaner.com. en. 2019-07-16.
8. Web site: Urban centres grow by 5 per cent. Jamaica Observer. 2019-07-16.
9. Web site: Population and Housing Census 2011: General Report Volume 1 . 2023-03-19 . statinja.gov.jm.

External links

• • • Origin of Jamaican Place names