Kingston, Jamaica

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Kingston, Jamaica is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, serving as the country’s political, cultural, and economic center and a major Caribbean port.

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Kingston, Jamaica canonical 161
Kingston (Jamaica) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
port city
area about 480 square kilometers (metro area)
averageAnnualTemperature about 27 °C
capitalOf Jamaica
climate tropical savanna climate
country Jamaica
demonym Kingstonian
elevatedToCapitalOn 1872
foundedOn 1692
governingBody Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation
harbourRank one of the largest natural harbours in the world
harbourType natural harbour
hasAirport Norman Manley International Airport
Tinson Pen Aerodrome
hasCulturalSite Bob Marley Museum
Devon House
Emancipation Park
National Gallery of Jamaica
hasInstitution Bank of Jamaica
Parliament of Jamaica
surface form: Jamaican Parliament

Supreme Court of Jamaica
hasParish Kingston Parish
Saint Andrew Parish
hasPort Kingston Harbour
hasUniversity University of Technology Jamaica
surface form: University of Technology, Jamaica

University of the West Indies Mona campus
surface form: University of the West Indies, Mona
isCenterOf reggae music industry
isEconomicCenterOf Jamaica
isPoliticalCenterOf Jamaica
largestCityOf Jamaica
locatedIn Caribbean
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Standard Time (Panama)
surface form: Eastern Standard Time
locatedNear Blue Mountains
locatedOn southeast coast of Jamaica
officialLanguage English
population approximately 580000 (city proper, early 2020s estimate)
populationMetro over 1100000 (early 2020s estimate)
primaryEconomicActivities creative industries
finance
manufacturing
shipping
tourism
replacedCapital Spanish Town
UNESCODesignationYear 2015
UNESCOStatus Creative City of Music
UTCOffset −5

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Tubby placeOfDeath Kingston, Jamaica
Errol Brown placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Privy Council of Jamaica locatedIn Kingston, Jamaica
King’s House, Kingston (via Governor-General) locatedIn Kingston, Jamaica
subject surface form: King’s House, Kingston
Independence Park locatedIn Kingston, Jamaica
King’s House, Kingston location Kingston, Jamaica
Simeon Jackson placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Baby Cham placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Baby Cham origin Kingston, Jamaica
Beenieman placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Mariana Grajales placeOfDeath Kingston, Jamaica
Mariana Grajales residence Kingston, Jamaica
Mariana Grajales burialPlace Kingston, Jamaica
Eastern Standard Time (Caribbean) usedInMetropolitanArea Kingston, Jamaica
this entity surface form: Kingston (Jamaica)
Stuart Hall placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Thom Bell placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Super Cat placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Junior Reid placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Junior Reid residence Kingston, Jamaica
House of Assembly of Jamaica locatedIn Kingston, Jamaica
House of Assembly of Jamaica laterMetIn Kingston, Jamaica
Red Hills locatedNear Kingston, Jamaica
Red Hills overlooks Kingston, Jamaica
Gordon Town locatedNear Kingston, Jamaica
Irish Town roadAccessFrom Kingston, Jamaica
Jack’s Hill overlooks Kingston, Jamaica
Norman Manley placeOfDeath Kingston, Jamaica
CDB foundingLocation Kingston, Jamaica
subject surface form: Caribbean Development Bank
Madge Sinclair placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Chris Gayle placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Henrietta Vinton Davis residence Kingston, Jamaica
Mavado placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Mr. Vegas placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Jovi Rockwell basedIn Kingston, Jamaica
Patricia Chin workLocation Kingston, Jamaica
Randy’s Studio 17 locatedIn Kingston, Jamaica
Beenie Man placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
Bounty Killer placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica