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2011 Census of Population & Housing – Jamaica
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Of the total 5,776 EDs identified for Census 2011, 2,909 were classified as urban.
A total of 49 urban special areas/centres were identified and are listed below by
parish:
Kingston and St Andrew- The KMA (Kingston and urban St Andrew)
St Thomas - Morant Bay, Port Morant, Bath, Yallahs
Portland - Port Antonio, Buff Bay
St Mary - Port Maria, Annotto Bay, Highgate, Oracabessa, Gayle/Lucky Hill
St Ann - St Ann’s Bay, Brown’s Town, Ocho Rios, Claremont, Discovery Bay,
Runaway Bay
Trelawny - Falmouth, Duncans, Clark’s Town
St James - Montego Bay
Hanover - Lucea, Negril
Westmoreland - Savanna-La-Mar, Grange Hill, Darliston, Negril
St Elizabeth - Black River, Santa Cruz, Balaclava, Junction
Manchester - Mandeville, Christiana, Porus, Spalding
Clarendon – May Pen, Chapelton, Frankfield, Spalding, Lionel Town, Hayes
St Catherine - Spanish Town, Portmore, Old Harbour, Old Harbour Bay,
Linstead, Bog Walk, Ewarton
REVISION OF BOUNDARIES
In the process of mapping boundaries for censuses boundaries of EDs and
special areas are very often revised to take account of population shifts.
In cases where there has been significant population change (increase or decline),
oversized EDs may be split into two or more parts and undersized EDs merged
with one or more neighbouring EDs in order to re-establish the average
population size of the ED. Either change would result in a change of the
boundaries of the original ED.
Over time, ED boundaries may disappear, become difficult or may simply be no
longer appropriate because of the changes in the physical or built up
environment. New features would then have to be selected to replace the old
outdated features.