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Surrey is the easternmost and the smallest by area of the three historic counties into which Jamaica is divided. It has no current-day administrative significance.^{[citation needed]} It includes Kingston, the capital.

The county of Surrey is shown in yellow.

[edit] History

Jamaica's three counties were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British County court system. ^[1] Surrey was named after the English county in which Kingston upon Thames is found.^[1] Kingston was its county town.^[1]

[edit] Parishes

Surrey County
On map	Parish	Area km²	Population Census 2001	Capital
11	Kingston Parish⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	21.8	96,052	Kingston
12	Portland	814.0	80,205	Port Antonio
13	Saint Andrew⁽¹⁾	430.7	555,828	Half Way Tree
14	Saint Thomas	742.8	91,604	Morant Bay
	Surrey County	2,009.3	823,689
	Jamaica total	10,990.5	2,607,631	Kingston

⁽¹⁾ Kingston Parish and Saint Andrew Parish together form Kingston and St Andrew Corporation.
⁽²⁾ Kingston Parish does not encompass all of Kingston.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Higman, B W; Hudson (2009). Jamaican Place Names. B J (1st ed.). Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-976-640-217-4.

Coordinates: 18°03′N 76°32′W / 18.05°N 76.54°W / 18.05; -76.54

[JPN-0] Higman, B W; Hudson (2009). Jamaican Place Names. B J (1st ed.). Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-976-640-217-4.

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