Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston 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 International Airport tae the rest o the island. In the Americas, Kingston is the lairgest predominantly Inglis-speaking ceety sooth o the Unitit States.
The local govrenment bodies o the parishes o Kingston an St. Andrew 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 Parish, which anerlie consists o the auld dountoun an Port Royal. Kingston Parish haed a population o 96,052, an St. Andrew parish haed a population o 555,828 in 2001. Kingston is anerlie bordered bi Saint Andrew tae the east, wast an north. The geographical border for the parish o Kingston 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, communities in urban an suburban Saint Andrew. Communities in rural St. Andrew such as Gordon Toun, Mavis Bank, Lawrence Tavern, Mt. Airy an Bull Bay wad no be describit as being in Kingston ceety.
Two parts make up the central aurie o Kingston: the historic but troubled Downtown, an New Kingston is served bi Norman Manley International Airport an an' a' bi the smawer an primarily domestic Tinson Pen Aerodrome.
[edit] Sister ceeties
Kingston haes sax sister ceeties:
Miami, Florida, Unitit States- Kalamazoo, Michigan, Unitit States
Coventry, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick
Guadalajara, Mexico
Shenzhen, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Panevėžys, Lithuania
