Kingston

Summary

Kingston is a city^[1]. Kingston has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Kingston was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Kingston is located in Surrey County^[4].
• Kingston is in the country of Jamaica^[5].
• Kingston is on the body of water Caribbean Sea^[6].
• Kingston's head of government is recorded as Andrew Swaby^[7].
• Kingston's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Kingston's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Kingston's official language is recorded as Jamaican Patois^[10].
• Kingston's official language is recorded as English^[11].
• Kingston's shares border with is recorded as Portmore^[12].
• Kingston upon Thames is named after Kingston^[13].
• Kingston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Miami-Dade County^[14].
• Kingston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Coventry^[15].
• Kingston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kalamazoo^[16].
• Kingston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Miami^[17].
• Kingston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Panevėžys^[18].
• Kingston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shenzhen^[19].
• Kingston's Commons category is recorded as Kingston, Jamaica^[20].
• Kingston's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00^[21].
• 1692 marks the founding of Kingston^[22].
• Kingston's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 17.971388888889, 'lon': -76.793055555556}^[23].
• Kingston's official website is recorded as http://www.ksac.gov.jm/^[24].
• Kingston's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kingston, Jamaica^[25].
• Kingston has a population of {'amount': '+580000'}^[26].
• Kingston has a population of {'amount': '+937700'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Kingston is in the country of Jamaica^[5]. Kingston is located in Surrey County^[4]. Kingston is on the body of water Caribbean Sea^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Kingston covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+22'}^[28]. Kingston sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+580000'}^[26] and {'amount': '+937700'}^[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8] and big city^[9].

History and Context

1692 marks the founding of Kingston^[22]. Kingston upon Thames is named after Kingston^[13].

Why It Matters

Kingston has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Kingston is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]