Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston or Keengston, is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Jamaica, locatit on the sootheastren coast o the island. It faces a natural harbour protectit bi the Palisadoes, a lang sand spit which connects the toun o Port Royal an the Norman Manley Internaitional Airport tae the rest o the island. In Americae, Kingston is the lairgest predominantly Inglis-speakin ceety sooth o the Unitit States.

The local govrenment bouks o the pairishes o Kingston an St. Andra wur amalgamatit bi the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation Act o 1923, tae form the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC). Greater Kingston, or the "Corporate Aurie" refers tae those auries unner the KSAC; housomeivver, it does no solely refer tae Kingston Pairish, which anerlie consists o the auld dountoun an Port Royal. Kingston Pairish haed a population o 96,052, an St. Andrew pairish haed a population o 555,828 in 2001. Keengstoun is anerlie bordered bi Saint Andrew tae the east, wast an north. The geografical border for the pairish o Keengstoun ends at East Street, Wast Street an North Street.

The ceety proper is bundit bi Six Miles tae the wast, Stony Hill tae the north, Papine tae the northeast an Harbour View tae the east, commonties in urban an suburban Saint Andrew. Commonties in landwart St. Andrew such as Gordon Toun, Mavis Bank, Lawrence Tavern, Mt. Airy an Bull Bay wad no be describit as bein in Keengstoun ceety.

Twa pairts mak up the central aurie o Kingstoun: the historic but troubled Downtown, an New Kingston is servit bi Norman Manley Internaitional Airport an an' a' bi the smawer an primarily domestic Tinson Pen Aerodrome.

 Sister ceeties 
Keengstoun haes sax sister ceeties:
  Miami, Florida, Unitit States
  Kalamazoo, Michigan, Unitit States
  Topeka, Kansas, Unitit States
  Coventry, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick
  Guadalajara, Mexico
  Shenzhen, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
  Panevėžys, Lithuania

References


Category:Populatit places in Jamaica
Category:Populatit coastal places in Jamaica
Category:Caipitals in the Caribbean
Category:Caipitals in North Americae
Category:Host ceeties o the Commonweel Gemmes
Category:Populatit places established in 1692
Category:Port ceeties in the Caribbean