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Prior to Kingston being its capital, what other cities served as Jamaica's capital?

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The former capital, Port Royal, at the tip of the long, narrow peninsula forming the harbor, was inundated after an earthquake in 1692; the capital was then moved to Spanish Town and, in 1872, to Kingston.

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