Middlesex County, Jamaica

Middlesex
Location of Middlesex
CountryJamaica
County townSpanish Town
Established1758
Named forMiddlesex, England

Middlesex is the central of the three historic counties into which Jamaica is divided. It has no current-day administrative significance.[citation needed] It covers 5,041.9 km2 and has a population of 1,183,361[1] (about 45% of the island's area and population) giving it the largest area and population of the three counties. It includes Spanish Town, the island's original capital.

The county of Middlesex is shown in pink.

  1. ^ 2001 census