List of cities and towns in Jamaica

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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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Town/Village: The Statistical Institute of Jamaica considers an urban area to be any area with 2,000 or more residents.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Neighbourhood: Geographically obvious subdivisions of any of the above.

Cities

A map of Jamaica, with main settlements and notable places

Cities

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Coordinates Parish Granted Legal basis
2021 2011 2001
Kingston** 584,627 579,137 Template:Coord Kingston 1802 An Act for the Constituting a Corporation, for Better Ordering and Managing the Police of the Town and Parish of Kingston..., 1801
Portmore 182,153 156,469 Template:Coord Saint Catherine 2018 Local Governance (Municipality of Portmore) (Change of Name) Order, Resolution, 2018
Montego Bay* 110,115 96,477 Template:Coord Saint James 1980 Montego Bay (Status of City) Act, 1980

** Country and parish capital

* Parish capital

Chief Towns

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

Name Census population<ref name=":0" /> Coordinates Parish
2021 2011 2001
Spanish Town* 147,152 131,515 Template:Coord Saint Catherine
May Pen* 61,548 57,334 Template:Coord Clarendon
Mandeville* 49,695 47,467 Template:Coord Manchester
Old Harbour 28,912 23,823 Template:Coord Saint Catherine
Savanna-la-Mar* 22,633 19,893 Template:Coord Westmoreland
Ocho Rios 16,671 15,769 Template:Coord Saint Ann
Linstead 15,231 15,660 Template:Coord Saint Catherine
Port Antonio* 14,816 14,568 Template:Coord Portland
Saint Ann's Bay* 11,173 10,441 Template:Coord Saint Ann
Morant Bay* 11,052 10,782 Template:Coord Saint Thomas
Yallahs 10,849 9,888 Template:Coord Saint Thomas
Hayes 10,639 10,098 Template:Coord Clarendon
Santa Cruz 10,423 10,785 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth

Towns and villages

Name Census population<ref name=":0" /> Coordinates Parish
2011 2001 1991
Above Rocks 3,076 3,170 3,263 Template:Coord Saint Catherine
Aenon Town 1,374 1,808 Template:Coord Clarendon
Adelphi 2,218 1,459 Template:Coord Saint James
Albert Town 3,845 3,949 3,389 Template:Coord Trelawny
Alexandria 1,693 1,734 1,672 Template:Coord Saint Ann
Alligator Pond 2,541 1,883 1,542 Template:Coord Manchester
Alston 2,049 1,666 Template:Coord Clarendon
Anchovy 4,414 4,081 3,633 Template:Coord Saint James
Annotto Bay 6,017 5,423 5,468 Template:Coord Saint Mary
Balaclava 2,770 2,703 2,837 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Bamboo 4,705 4,298 3,732 Template:Coord Saint Ann
Bath 2,115 2,144 2,151 Template:Coord Saint Thomas
Bethel Town 4,198 3,232 2,768 Template:Coord Westmoreland
Black River* 5,352 4,095 3,675 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Bluefields 2,978 3,132 2,564 Template:Coord Westmoreland
Bog Walk 9,431 11,241 8,794 Template:Coord Saint Catherine
Brown's Town 9,031 8,054 6,762 Template:Coord Saint Ann
Buff Bay 4,678 4,210 2,596 Template:Coord Portland
Bull Savanna 3,747 3,457 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Cambridge 4,073 3,966 3,384 Template:Coord Saint James
Cascade 812 866 1,220 Template:Coord Hanover
Carron Hall 1,186 1,293 Template:Coord Saint Mary
Cave Valley 1,500 1,722 1,777 Template:Coord Saint Ann
Cedar Valley 1,299 1,592 Template:Coord Saint Thomas
Chapelton 4,363 4,556 3,930 Template:Coord Clarendon
Christiana 8,430 8,276 7,235 Template:Coord Manchester
Claremont 1,773 1,970 2,154 Template:Coord Saint Ann
Clark's Town 3,003 3,953 3,139 Template:Coord Trelawny
Coleyville 2,016 2,098 3,320 Template:Coord Manchester
Comfort Castle 893 856 Template:Coord Portland
Constant Spring 11,801 12,072 12,369 Template:Coord Saint Andrew
Croft's Hill 3,117 3,202 2,994 Template:Coord Clarendon
Cross Keys 1,869 2,057 Template:Coord Manchester
Dalvey 2,952 3,263 2,742 Template:Coord Saint Thomas
Darliston 2,328 2,529 1,435 Template:Coord Westmoreland
Dias 1,653 1,434 Template:Coord Hanover
Discovery Bay 2,446 2,518 2,230 Template:Coord Saint Ann
Duncans 2,686 2,132 1,849 Template:Coord Trelawny
Easington 2,664 2,326 2,378 Template:Coord Saint Thomas
Ewarton 9,753 10,807 8,742 Template:Coord Saint Catherine
Falmouth* 8,686 8,188 7,245 Template:Coord Trelawny
Frankfield 3,507 3,625 2,865 Template:Coord Clarendon
Frome 1,306 968 900 Template:Coord Westmoreland
Gayle 3,260 4,148 3,205 Template:Coord Saint Mary
Gimme-Me-Bit 883 1,076 Template:Coord Clarendon
Glengoffe 3,100 3,232 Template:Coord Saint Catherine
Golden Grove 2,351 2,622 2,761 Template:Coord Saint Thomas
Gordon Town 3,265 3,846 1,049 Template:Coord Saint Andrew
Grange Hill 6,922 7,591 6,530 Template:Coord Westmoreland
Green Island 1,933 1,539 1,591 Template:Coord Hanover
Guy's Hill 763 518 3,165 Template:Coord Saint Mary
Half Way Tree* 5,163 4,934 Template:Coord Saint Andrew
Hector's River 1,617 1,578 Template:Coord Portland
Highgate 6,375 6,051 5,418 Template:Coord Saint Mary
Hope Bay 1,759 1,774 1,569 Template:Coord Portland
Hopewell 5,651 4,759 4,268 Template:Coord Hanover
Islington 3,983 2,973 2,868 Template:Coord Saint Mary
Jackson Town 2,143 1,718 Template:Coord Trelawny
James Hill 1,404 1,770 Template:Coord Clarendon
Johns Hall 3,217 2,329 Template:Coord Saint James
Junction 4,034 3,524 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Kellits 2,106 2,422 2,291 Template:Coord Clarendon
Kemps Hill 573 1,132 Template:Coord Clarendon
Lacovia 3,788 3,125 3,159 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Lionel Town 3,609 3,568 4,669 Template:Coord Clarendon
Little London 4,222 4,312 1,848 Template:Coord Westmoreland
Lluidas Vale 2,095 2,552 2,161 Template:Coord Saint Catherine
Long Bay 976 1,074 Template:Coord Portland
Lucea* 7,840 6,245 6,002 Template:Coord Hanover
Lucky Hill 3,260 4,148 750 Template:Coord Saint Mary
Maggotty 1,727 1,099 1,359 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Malvern 2,817 3,056 3,262 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Manchioneal 2,383 2,316 2,185 Template:Coord Portland
Maroon Town 2,673 3,206 2,669 Template:Coord Saint James
Mavis Bank 2,309 2,432 1,756 Template:Coord Saint Andrew
Mile Gully 2,004 2,134 Template:Coord Manchester
Milk River 1,564 842 Template:Coord Clarendon
Mitchell Town 1,452 1,749 Template:Coord Clarendon
Mocho 1,531 1,788 Template:Coord Clarendon
Moneague 3,464 3,383 2,880 Template:Coord Saint Ann
Moore Town 1,061 1,317 1,054 Template:Coord Portland
Mountainside 1,754 1,097 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Nain 2,969 2,506 2,373 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Negril 7,680 5,679 4,184 Template:Coord Westmoreland
152 184 Hanover
New Market 2,204 1,775 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Newell 2,056 1,836 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Newport 3,022 2,495 Template:Coord Manchester
Old Harbour Bay 5,872 6,344 5,405 Template:Coord Saint Catherine
Oracabessa 4,398 4,230 4,066 Template:Coord Saint Mary
Osbourne Store 3,580 2,954 3,390 Template:Coord Clarendon
Petersfield 5,037 3,699 2,045 Template:Coord Westmoreland
Point Hill 2,099 2,235 3,651 Template:Coord Saint Catherine
Port Morant 2,905 3,007 Template:Coord Saint Thomas
Port Maria* 7,463 7,439 7,651 Template:Coord Saint Mary
Port Royal 1,251 1,651 3,004 Template:Coord Kingston
Porus 6,009 5,924 5,095 Template:Coord Manchester
Pratville 1,963 1,351 Template:Coord Manchester
Race Course 2,958 3,168 2,589 Template:Coord Clarendon
Ramble 2,047 2,024 Template:Coord Hanover
Retreat 3,034 2,759 Template:Coord Saint Mary
Richmond 2,086 2,210 1,984 Template:Coord Saint Mary
Rio Bueno 1,037 1,275 1,108 Template:Coord Trelawny
Riversdale 2,514 3,575 2,791 Template:Coord Saint Catherine
Rock River 1,786 1,831 Template:Coord Clarendon
Rocky Point 2,473 3,327 2,744 Template:Coord Clarendon
Runaway Bay 8,640 5,840 5,655 Template:Coord Saint Ann
Sandy Bay 5,052 3,817 4,476 Template:Coord Hanover
Seaforth 5,287 5,517 4,108 Template:Coord Saint Thomas
Siloah 2,545 2,755 2,701 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Southfield 3,854 3,404 2,671 Template:Coord Saint Elizabeth
Spalding 4,373 3,225 5,481 Template:Coord Manchester
2,147 2,645 Clarendon
Stony Hill 9,307 9,242 8,244 Template:Coord Saint Andrew
Thompson Town 2,310 2,383 Template:Coord Clarendon
Toll Gate 2,800 3,087 Template:Coord Clarendon
Trinity Ville 1,239 2,338 2,614 Template:Coord Saint Thomas
Troja 1,019 1,394 Template:Coord Saint Catherine
Ulster Spring 841 995 1,391 Template:Coord Trelawny
Wakefield 3,373 3,019 2,724 Template:Coord Trelawny
Wait-A-Bit 3,157 3,439 Template:Coord Trelawny
Watt Town 434 538 Template:Coord Saint Ann
White House 4,211 3,498 3,157 Template:Coord Westmoreland
Williamsfield 3,327 4,251 2,800 Template:Coord Manchester
York Town 1,623 2,075 Template:Coord Clarendon

Villages

White River Rafting signs

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Neighbourhoods

Kingston and Saint Andrew Parish

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See also

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References

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