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Jamaica is divided into three counties which are divided into
14 parishes as follows:
Cornwall County: Trelawny, Saint James, Hanover, Westmoreland and Saint Elizabeth.
Middlesex County: Saint Mary, Saint Ann,
Manchester, Clarendon and Saint Cathrine.
Surrey County: Kingston, Saint Andrew, Saint
Thomas and Portland.
There is no information about existence of subdivision flags.
Dov Gutterman, 8 August 2004
How likely is it that the other 13 parishes don’t have a flag? The only cases
of such asymmetry are those of countries where only the capital, and maybe
larger/richer subnational entities have a flag. Since Hanover is neither, seems
that there is "hope" for 13 flags to be discovered. It is too soon to assume
that these putative flags are (all?) plain 1:2 with a centered circular seal.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 January 2011
![[Flag of Jamaica]](../images/j/jm-ksac2.gif)
image by Fred Drews, 5 April 2020
![[Flag of Jamaica]](../images/j/jm)ksac2.gif)
image by Fred Drews, 5 April 2020
![[Flag of Jamaica]](../images/j/jm-ksac2013.gif)
image by Valentin Poposki, 19
June 2020
The Kingston Parish and Saint Andrew Parish were amalgamated in 1923 to form
the new local government Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation. Its first flag (as
far as we know) was the green flag with corporation seal on it. In 2013 the flag was changed to
a white field with the corporation
seal on it. In 2017, during the 145th
Anniversary celebration of Kingston, the new statutory entity City of Kingston
was created. It is not a municipal entity, but is part of the new Kingston and
St. Andrew Municipal Corporation. Both entities now have their own flags - City
of Kingston and KSAMC.
Valentin Poposki, 19 June 2020
![[Flag of Jamaica]](../images/j/jm-ksac.gif)
image by Jens Pattke, 29 September 2012
Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation is a municipal body governing the capital
of Jamaica - City of Kingston and surrounding area of Parish of St. Andrew. Its
flag is the municipal crest (coat of arms) on a color background. Which color, I
can't tell since the flag is shown on a b/w photo (again):
http://ksacorp.gov.jm/ndex.php?option=com_rsgallery2&page=inline&id=72&Itemid=34
.
Valentin Poposki, 6 May 2010
At:
ksacorp.gov.jm/........limitstart=9 and
ksacorp.gov.jm/........limitstart=10 it looks like there is a flag with a
plain green field in KSA corporation town hall, which can be seen here too :
http://jis.gov.jm/special_sections/yearinreview09/yir09-local.html and seems
different from the old flag ferreted by Valentin. One can read "...NT ANDR..."
in white letters on blue background (on a green field, blue circle with white
inscription around white disk with the arms?)
Olivier Touzeau, 8 May 2010
Nice photo - you can see the flag
consists of the KSAC seal on a green background.
Vanja Poposki, 25 September 2012
Quoting the KSAC website:
"The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation is an amalgamation of the two Parishes:
Kingston and St. Andrew. Kingston was established in 1692 after the destruction
of Port Royal. The Parish of Kingston is entirely urban, while St. Andrew
consists of urban and rural settlements. The two Parishes were amalgamated in
1923 for the purpose of Civic Administration. For the purpose of Political and
Civic Administration, the parish is divided into fifteen (15) Political
Constituencies, which are further subdivided into Forty (40) Electoral
Divisions. The affairs of the parish are managed by a full time administrative
staff responsible for policy implementation and a political responsible for
policy formulation."
http://www.ksac.gov.jm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=26
Quoting the KSAC website:
"The Armorial Bearings of The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation
THE SHIELD is Blue with Silver Saltire referring to the Parish of St. Andrew.
Between the arms of the cross are: A Worker Bee (from the Arms of Sir William
Beeston, the Governor who helped to found Kingston and who is commemorated in
Beeston Street) representing the industrious habits of the citizens; A Key
referring to the fact that Kingston is the gateway to Jamaica and with a passing
reference to the Key of the City; A Tower against the waves of the sea
representing the ancient fortress of Port Royal; And an Open Book for learning
referring to the fact that so many seats of learning are to be found in the
corporate area including the University of the West Indies. (The Bee, Key, Tower
are Gold, the Book White and Gold) THE CREST is the Golden Hub of a wheel with
Twelve Spokes indicating that Kingston is the Hub of the island but needs the
support of the other Twelve Parishes for complete wholeness.
THE HELMET, the MANTLING and the CREST-WREATH are regular parts of the Coat of
Arms; the Helmet is of the shape used by corporations, the Mantling and
Crest-Wreath are coloured according to the principal colour and metal of the
shield. THE SUPPORTERS: The Golden Lion with the Blue Mural Crown is taken from
the old Kingston Arms. It refers directly to Kingston; the Lion is the King of
Beasts, the Crown made of bricks like wall refers to the Town, so "King’s Town"
or Kingston. THE INDIAN is taken directly from the Coat of Arms of Jamaica thus
providing the link with the Island and indicating the importance of Kingston as
the capital city by including in its arms the male Indian.
THE COMPARTMENT upon which the supporter stand is depicted as the hills of St.
Andrew. THE MOTTO: "A CITY WHICH HATH FOUNDATIONS" from Hebrews 11:10. Most
Mottoes are quotations of allusions. Today there is a return to ancient custom
of having a Motto in the language of the people so that all can understand. The
Bible is still the best known Book to our People and so a Biblical quotation is
suggested. Quite apart from the obvious religious meaning this also refers to
the historical and modern features contained in the Arms."
http://www.ksac.gov.jm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=83
Ivan Sache, 29 September 2012
