Spanish Town is the former Spanish and English capital of Jamaica, during the 16th through 19th centuries, and is a United Nations World Heritage Site. The city is home to certain memorials, the national archives, a small population, and the oldest Anglican church outside of England.

Under the Spanish, the town was called Sante Jago de La Vega. The British later renamed it Spanish Town, a simpler name to say. Today in Jamaica it is sometimes referred to simply as "Spain" or "Prison Oval," the latter being more of a reference to the Cricket pitch or oval located just outside the prison there where some inmates can get a limited view of the sport through their cell windows. Football --that is, soccer-- is also played at the Prison Oval.