List Of Cities And Towns In Jamaica
This is a list of settlements in Jamaica. The following definitions have been used:
- City: Any settlement listed at that had a 1991 or 2001 census population of 75,000 or more. These are believed to be cities by Charter or by Act of the Jamaican parliament but no source for this has been found.
- Town: As given at plus any other settlements with a 1991 census population of between 750 and 75,000.
- Village Any settlement not listed at and with a 1991 census population of less than 750.
- Hamlet: Any settlement not listed at and which Google Maps satellite view shows is too small to be a village.
- Neighbourhood: Geographically obvious subdivisions of any of the above.
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