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Kingston

Capital of Jamaica

Watercolour of Kingston, Jamaica. The city stretching across the coastal Liguanea Plain, bordered by the large natural harbor of Kingston Harbour to the south, with Blue Mountains and Kingston Harbour.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Blue Mountains; Kingston Harbour; Roman Catholic Holy Trinity Cathedral; New Kingston; Uptown Kingston and St. Andrew; Caribbean
Viewpoint
Favor an elevated viewpoint looking north or northeast across Kingston Harbour toward the city on the plain, with the monumental green ridge of the Blue Mountains rising majestically behind the urban skyline.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the towering forested slopes of the Blue Mountains, urban gardens, mature trees, and waterfront vegetation.
Guarded against
Not a generic Caribbean resort or tropical island fantasy
Population937,700Wikidata: 580,000
Coordinates18.00°N, 76.79°W
Elevation9 m
Area22 km²
Time zoneAmerica/JamaicaUTC−5
Solar noon12:07clock runs 0.1 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Kingston and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island — 884 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

Port-au-PrinceHT474 km
Santiago de los CaballerosDO662 km
Santo DomingoDO731 km
NassauBS787 km
BarranquillaCO811 km
HavanaCU815 km
MaracaiboVE990 km
Panama CityPA1,044 km

Twinned cities

1 of 6 twinned cities are in this atlas. See the full network →

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