Kingston

Summary

Kingston is a city^[1]. Kingston ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,935 views/month).^[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 image is recorded as PortofKingston.jpg^[8].
• Kingston's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Kingston's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Kingston's official language is recorded as Jamaican Patois^[11].
• Kingston's official language is recorded as English^[12].
• Kingston's shares border with is recorded as Portmore^[13].
• Kingston upon Thames is named after Kingston^[14].
• Kingston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Miami-Dade County^[15].
• Kingston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Coventry^[16].
• Kingston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kalamazoo^[17].
• Kingston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Miami^[18].
• Kingston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Panevėžys^[19].
• Kingston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shenzhen^[20].
• Kingston's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126617434^[21].
• Kingston's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 115144648605864009799^[22].
• Kingston's GND ID is recorded as 4198339-7^[23].
• Kingston's locator map image is recorded as Kingston.png^[24].
• Kingston's locator map image is recorded as Location Caribbean.png^[25].
• Kingston's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79018833^[26].
• Kingston's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11864489k^[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's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+22'}^[28]. Kingston's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+580000'}^[30] and {'amount': '+937700'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[9] and big city^[10].

History and Context

+1692-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kingston^[32]. Kingston upon Thames is named after Kingston^[14].

Why It Matters

Kingston ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,935 views/month).^[2] Kingston has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Kingston is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]