What is Kingston 12?

Question

As in "We're grooving, in Kingston 12"

Bob Marley

Kingston, Jamaica

Just wondering what Kingston 12 is or means or references, thanks.

Answer 1

Kingston 10 =)

Answer 2

Kingston is divided up...Its like a zip code sort of...

Answer 3

This is just an area in Kingston.  Kingston is divided up in several sections...Kingston 2, Kingston 3, Kingston 4, Kingston 5 etc.

Answer 4

Just like the cities in New york which use postal code  or zipcodes jamaica uses these numbers to defferentiate the different areas that make up kingston.........

Answer 5

Thats a postal zone within the kingston Metropolitan area (which covers Kingston & urban parts of St. Andrew).

The area is divided into 20 zones. Each zone has a main post office from which all mail in that area is distributed.

The system is similar to the 'zip code' system in the USA, although there are some practical differences in how the code is used. Jamaica actually put in a 'ZIP code' system recently but most people are not aware of it. In the new system, each of the 7 characters refers to a specific area. Eg. Country Code, Parish, district, postal zone.

"JMAAW08" would have a specific meaning to a Postal worker, but probably wouldn't sound as good in a Bob Marley song.

Answer 6

Kingston 12 is an area in Jamaica kinda like a zip code

Answer 7

As everyone says it is an area code in Kingston jamaica.  I suppose kingston 12 was were bob marley used to hang out and 'groove'