Jamaica Map Quiz – The Parishes, County by County

All 14 parishes on the diagram

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Cornwall (the west) 5

Westmoreland Capital: Savanna-la-Mar. The westernmost parish of the island.
Hanover Capital: Lucea. Fewest people of the 14 in the 2011 census.
Saint James Capital: Montego Bay. One of the parishes added by 1675.
Trelawny Capital: Falmouth. Made in 1770 from Saint James and Saint Ann.
Saint Elizabeth Capital: Black River. Second largest parish, just behind Saint Ann.

Middlesex (the middle) 5

Saint Ann Capital: Saint Ann's Bay. The largest parish by area.
Manchester Capital: Mandeville. Formed in 1814, one of the newest parishes.
Clarendon Capital: May Pen. It took in the old parish of Vere.
Saint Catherine Capital: Spanish Town, the national capital until 1872.
Saint Mary Capital: Port Maria. It took in the old parish of Metcalfe.

Surrey (the east) 4

Saint Andrew Capital: Half Way Tree. Most people of the 14 in 2011.
Kingston Capital: Kingston. The smallest parish; the national capital since 1872.
Portland Capital: Port Antonio. Holds part of the Blue Mountains.
Saint Thomas Capital: Morant Bay. It took in the old parish of Saint David.

How this list was compiled: The 14 parishes, their capitals, areas and 2011 census populations (Saint Ann the largest by area, Saint Elizabeth the second and Kingston the smallest; Saint Andrew the most people and Hanover the fewest), the three historic counties with their parishes and the year 1758, the date of 1 May 1867, the parishes added by 1675, the old parishes of Vere, Metcalfe and Saint David, 'every parish has a coast', and the notes on Kingston and Saint Andrew (one corporation; most of the city of Kingston lies in Saint Andrew): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parishes_of_Jamaica, read 2026-10-09; its population column cites the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Population Usually Resident in Jamaica, by Parish: 2011. Names and codes: ISO 3166-2:JM as printed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:JM (14 parishes), read 2026-10-09. Trelawny made in 1770 from Saint James and Saint Ann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trelawny_Parish; Manchester formed in 1814: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Parish; Westmoreland the westernmost parish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_Parish; part of the Blue Mountains in Portland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Parish; Kingston the national capital since 1872, after Spanish Town: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Parish; all read 2026-10-09. The vote of February 2025 on Portmore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmore,_Saint_Catherine, read 2026-10-09. The map was drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, a public-domain map dataset; where a part lies on the map (a coast, a corner, a neighbor) was read from that drawing. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Capitals from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_populated_places_simple (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_populated_places_simple.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 18.1°N 77.3°W. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This Jamaica map quiz asks for the 14 parishes of the island's three old counties on a blank map, the five of the west first. Kingston, the smallest parish, is too small to tap, so it carries a ring off the south coast.

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Cornwall first, then the rest

The first round is Cornwall, the five western parishes, with Westmoreland at the tip of the island. The second asks the other nine: the five of Middlesex, from Saint Ann to Saint Mary, and the four of Surrey, around Kingston and the Blue Mountains.

Capitals that are not Kingston

Every parish has a capital of its own. Show me the labels first writes the 14 names on the map; tap a parish there to read its capital. Two to know: Saint James is governed from Montego Bay, and Saint Catherine from Spanish Town, the national capital until 1872.

Every parish touches the sea, so no shape is hidden in the middle of the island.
Seven names begin with Saint. Along the north coast they run west to east: Saint James, Saint Ann, Saint Mary.

Questions and answers

How many parishes are in Jamaica?

Fourteen, the same list since 1867, and all 14 are asked here. In February 2025 Jamaica's parliament voted to make Portmore, a city in Saint Catherine, a fifteenth parish; this map, like the ISO 3166-2 list, still has 14.

What are the three counties of Jamaica?

Cornwall in the west, Middlesex in the middle and Surrey in the east. They were set up in 1758 and have no role in government today. Cornwall and Middlesex hold five parishes each and Surrey four.

Which parish is Kingston in?

Two. The small parish of Kingston holds downtown Kingston, on the harbor, and most of the city lies in Saint Andrew, the parish around it. One corporation runs both parishes.

What is the smallest parish in Jamaica?

Kingston, by a wide margin. Saint Ann, on the north coast, is the largest by area. Saint Andrew had the most people in the 2011 census and Hanover, on the northwest tip, the fewest.