Kingston
Kingston Parish is one of the 14 Parishes of Jamaica. It is part of the amalgamated municipal unit of Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation along with the neighbouring St. Andrew Parish.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: parish of Jamaica with 90,800 residents
- Description: parish of Jamaica
- Also known as: “Kingston Parish” and “Kingston-Saint John”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sabina Park and National Library of Jamaica.
Sabina Park
Stadium
Photo: Jamaica1962, CC0.
Sabina Park is a cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica. It is the home of the Jamaica cricket team and is the only Test cricket ground in Jamaica.
National Library of Jamaica
Library
The National Library of Jamaica is the national library of Jamaica. It is located at 12 East Street in Kingston, Jamaica. The library provides access to various collection of Jamaican literature, maps, films, newspapers, photographs, and more.
Norman Manley International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wolmadrian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Norman Manley International Airport, formerly Palisadoes Airport, is an international airport serving Kingston, Jamaica, and is located south of the island 19 km away from the centre of New Kingston. Norman Manley International Airport is situated 4 km southeast of Kingston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingston and Half Way Tree.
Kingston
Photo: yonolatengo, CC BY 2.0.
Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica, is nestled on the southeastern coast of the island. Visitors often come to the birthplaces of reggae.
Half Way Tree
Suburb
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Half Way Tree is a neighbourhood in the city of Kingston, Jamaica. It is the parish capital of St. Andrew. Half Way Tree is served by the Kingston 10 post office. Half Way Tree is situated 5 km north of Kingston.
Port Royal
Village
Port Royal was 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 and most prosperous city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century. Port Royal is situated 6 km southwest of Kingston.
Kingston
- Location: Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Volapük—“Kingston” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kingston”
- Arabic: “أبرشية كينغستون”
- Asturian: “Parroquia de Kingston”
- Basque: “Kingston Parish”
- Bengali: “কিংস্টোন পারিশ”
- Catalan: “Kingston”
- Cebuano: “Parish of Kingston”
- Chinese: “金斯敦区”
- Chinese: “金斯敦區”
- Chinese: “金斯敦堂區”
- Czech: “Kingston”
- Danish: “Kingston Parish”
- Dutch: “Kingston”
- Finnish: “Kingstonin kunta”
- French: “Kingston”
- French: “Paroisse de Kingston”
- Galician: “Parroquia de Kingston”
- German: “JM-01”
- German: “Kingston Parish”
- Greek: “Κίνγκστον”
- Gujarati: “કિંગ્સ્ટન પૅરિશ”
- Hebrew: “קינגסטון”
- Hindi: “किंग्स्टन पैरिश”
- Hungarian: “Kingston”
- Ido: “Kingston”
- Indonesian: “Paroki Kingston”
- Italian: “Kingston Parish”
- Italian: “parrocchia di Kingston”
- Italian: “Parrocchia di Kingston”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Kinston Parish, Jumieka”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Kinston Parish”
- Japanese: “キングストン教区”
- Kannada: “ಕಿಂಗ್ಸ್ಟನ್ ಪ್ಯಾರಿಷ್”
- Korean: “킹스턴구”
- Latvian: “Kingstonas pagasts”
- Lithuanian: “Kingstono parapija”
- Macedonian: “Кингстон”
- Malay: “Kingston Parish”
- Maltese: “JM-01”
- Maltese: “Parroċċa ta‘ Kingston”
- Marathi: “किंग्सटोन पॅरीश”
- Northern Frisian: “Kingston (Sarkspal uun Jamaika)”
- Northern Frisian: “Kingston”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kingston Parish”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kingston Parish”
- Norwegian: “Kingston Parish”
- Norwegian: “Kingston prestegjeld”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kingston”
- Persian: “پریش کینگستون”
- Polish: “Kingston”
- Portuguese: “Kingston”
- Portuguese: “Paróquia de Kingston”
- Russian: “Кингстон”
- Russian: “Приход Кингстон”
- Sicilian: “Kingston”
- Sinhala: “කිංග්ස්ටන් පැරිෂ්, ජැමෙයිකාව”
- Sinhala: “කිංග්ස්ටන් වසම”
- Slovak: “Kingston”
- Spanish: “Parroquia de Kingston”
- Swedish: “Kingston Parish”
- Tamil: “கிங்ஸ்டன் பரிஷ்”
- Telugu: “కింగ్స్టన్ పారిష్”
- Thai: “คิงสตัน เพริช”
- Turkish: “Kingston Parish”
- Turkish: “Kingston”
- Ukrainian: “Кінгстон”
- Ukrainian: “Парафія Кінгстон”
- Urdu: “کنگسٹن پیرش”
- Vietnamese: “Giáo xứ Kingston”
- Volapük: “Kingston”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Kingston”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Newport East and Tivoli Gardens.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kingston Harbour and May Pen Cemetery.
Jamaica: Must-Visit Destinations
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