Middlesex is the central of the three historic counties into which Jamaica is divided. It has no current-day administrative significance. It covers 5,041.9 km2 and has a population of 1,183,3612001 census (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.
History Jamaica's three counties were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British county court system. Middlesex, the middle of the three, was named after an English county of the same name. It was chosen in Jamaica presumably because of its central position. Spanish Town was its county town.
Parishes Middlesex CountyOn mapParishAreakm2PopulationCensus 2011Capital 6Clarendon 1,196.3 237,024 May Pen 7Manchester 830.1 185,801 Mandeville 8Saint Ann 1,212.6 166,762 Saint Ann's Bay 9Saint Catherine 1,192.4 482,308 Spanish Town 10Saint Mary 610.5 111,466 Port Maria Middlesex County 5,041.9 1,183,361 Jamaica total 10,990.5 2,607,631 Kingston
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