What is Kingston, Jamaica?
{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation | motto = A City That Hath Foundations | image_skyline = | imagesize = 280px | image_caption = Kingston skyline, circa [[2003]] | image_map = Kingston.png | mapsize = 280px | map_caption = Location of Kingston shown within [[Jamaica]] | subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Jamaica]] | subdivision_type1 = [[County]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Surrey, Jamaica|Surrey]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Parishes of Jamaica|Parish]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Kingston Parish, Jamaica|Kingston]] <br /> [[Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica|St. Andrew]] | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = [[Andrew Swaby]] | established_title = Established | established_date = [[1693]] | area_total_km2 = 453 | area_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2001 | population_total = 651880 | population_density_km2 = 1439 | population_blank1_title = Kingston Parish | population_blank1 = 96052 | population_blank2_title = St. Andrew Parish | population_blank2 = 555828 | timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]] | utc_offset = -5 | coordinates = {{coord|17|59||N|76|48||W||display=title}} | elevation_m = 9 | elevation_ft = 30 }} The '''City of Kingston''' is the [[Capital (city)|capital]] and largest city of [[Jamaica]]. It is on the southeastern coast of the [[island]] [[country]]. It faces a natural [[harbor|harbour]] protected by the [[Palisadoes]], a long [[spit (landform)|sand spit]] which connects [[Port Royal]] and the norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island. In the [[Western Hemisphere]], Kingston is the largest predominantly [[English language|English]]-speaking city south of the [[United States]], with a [[population]] of 651,880 ([[2001]] [[census]]).<ref name=kingston>{{Cite web |url=http://www.statinja.com/pop_house_census_2001.html |title=Statistical Inst