King’s Town

E131376

King’s Town is the former name of Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kings Town 1
Kingstone 1
King’s Town canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former place name
appliesTo capital of Jamaica
largest city in Jamaica
country Jamaica
formerNameOf Kingston, Jamaica
hasCapitalRoleFor Jamaica
hasCoordinateLocation 17.9714°N 76.7931°W
hasFormerOrAlternativeNameRelationWith Kingston, Jamaica
hasFunction cultural centre of Jamaica
economic centre of Jamaica
political centre of Jamaica
hasHistoricalPeriod colonial era
hasNamePart King
Town
hasSpellingVariant Kings Town
linked to: King’s Town

Kingstown
hasSuccessor modern name "Kingston"
languageOfName English
locatedIn Jamaica
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Parish of Kingston
linked to: Kingston Parish

Parish of Saint Andrew
locatedOn southeastern coast of Jamaica
locatedOnBodyOfWater Caribbean Sea
Kingston Harbour
linked to: Kingstown Harbour
partOf Kingston metropolitan area
replacedBy Kingston, Jamaica
topLevelAdministrativeCapitalOf Jamaica
usedAsNameFor urban settlement now called Kingston, Jamaica

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingston formerName King’s Town
Kingston hasVariantSpelling Kingstone
linked to: King’s Town
King’s Town hasSpellingVariant Kings Town
linked to: King’s Town