Middlesex County, Jamaica
Historic county of Jamaica
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Middlesex is the central of the three historic counties into which Jamaica is divided. It has no current-day administrative significance.[citation needed] It covers 5,041.9 km2 and has a population of 1,183,361[1] (about 45% of the island's area and population) giving it the largest area and population of the three counties. It includes Spanish Town, the island's original capital.
Middlesex | |
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| Country | Jamaica |
| County town | Spanish Town |
| Established | 1758 |
| Named after | Middlesex, England |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,041.9 km2 (1,946.7 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,183,361 |
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History
Jamaica's three counties were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British county court system.[2] Middlesex, the middle of the three, was named after an English county of the same name. It was chosen in Jamaica presumably because of its central position.[2] Spanish Town was its county town.[2]
Parishes
| Middlesex County | ||||
| On map |
Parish | Area km2 |
Population Census 2011 |
Capital |
| 6 | Clarendon | 1,196.3 | 237,024 | May Pen |
| 7 | Manchester | 830.1 | 185,801 | Mandeville |
| 8 | Saint Ann | 1,212.6 | 166,762 | Saint Ann's Bay |
| 9 | Saint Catherine | 1,192.4 | 482,308 | Spanish Town |
| 10 | Saint Mary | 610.5 | 111,466 | Port Maria |
| Middlesex County | 5,041.9 | 1,183,361 | ||
| Jamaica total | 10,990.5 | 2,607,631 | Kingston | |