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Kingstonthecapitalof Jamaica

Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, and an important commercial town, is situated on the S. coast of the island, on a sloping plain which rises from the sea to the Blue Ridge Mountains on the N. A spur of these mountains encloses the city on the E.. and afterwards becomes a promontory extending 6 miles westwards, so as to form one of the most magnificent harbours in the world. At its extremity is the town of Port Royal. A railway connecting Kingston with Spanish Town, the old capital, 10 miles to the W., was constructed in 1846. Kingston was almost destroyed by fire in 1882.