Spanish Town is the capital and largest town of the parish of Saint Catherine in Jamaica, and was the Spanish and then British capital of the island from 1534 until 1872. Founded as Villa de la Vega, it is home to the country's national archives and one of the oldest Anglican churches outside England, and had an estimated population of 145,018 in 2021.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Latitude17.996111 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Spanish Town (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 131,056 (2001)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 17.996111, longitude -76.954722
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 131056 (2001)
View the Source2. Spanish Town (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia infobox 'Founded as Villa de la Vega' = '1534' on 'Spanish Town'
- In Group: Cities of Caribbean (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Spanish Town - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3488465
17.99107 -76.95742 P PPLA JM 10 1438 145018 31 America/Jamaica
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 31 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 17.75, -76.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 17.75, -76.75
17.75 -76.75 Aw
Wikidata: Spanish Town
Wikidata Q846939, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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