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Kingston is a parish of Jamaica. Together with neighboring St. Andrew Parish, it makes up the consolidated administrative unit of Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation, or, informally the City of Kingston.
Kingston Parish is 25 km² in area, with a population of 96,052 as of the 2001 census. The area consists of two neighborhoods, old downtown Kingston and Port Royal.Kingston is the capital of Jamaica.
Kingston was not always the capital of Jamaica before that it was Spanish town in Saint Catherine . When the british took control of the island after the war they changed the capital.
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Coordinates: 17°58′N 76°48′W / 17.967°N 76.8°W
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