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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]
Founded. 1494. Destroyed. 1692. Port Royal is a town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century. [1]
UTC-5 ( EST) Kingston ialah ibu negara Jamaica di Laut Caribbean, Amerika Tengah. Bandar ini adalah bandar terbesar di pulau Jamaica. Ia terletak di pantai tenggara pulau Jamaica. Bandar Kingston ditubuhkan pada 22 Julai 1892 sebagai tempat pelarian mangsa Gempa bumi Port Royal 1692. Ketika itu seramai 2000 orang mati.
Jamaica ( / dʒəˈmeɪkə / ⓘ jə-MAY-kə; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka [dʒʌˈmie̯ka]) is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola —of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. [11] Jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south ...
Norman Manley International Airport ( IATA: KIN, ICAO: MKJP ), formerly Palisadoes Airport, is an international airport serving Kingston, Jamaica, and is located south of the island 19 km (12 mi) away from the centre of New Kingston. It is the second busiest airport in the country after Sangster International Airport, recording 629,400 arriving ...
Pages in category "History of Kingston, Jamaica". The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Jamaica national football team (1962–present) Independence Park is a sports and cultural complex [1] in Kingston, Jamaica built for the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. It houses a variety of sports facilities. A statue of Bob Marley marks the entrance to the site. [1] The main sports venue at the complex is the National Stadium .
