| Country name |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Jamaica |
| Gevernment type | constitutional parliamentary democracy |
| Capital |
name: Kingston
geographic coordinates: 18 00 N, 76 48 W
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Flag description | diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles - green (top and bottom) and black (hoist side and outer side) |
| Currency | Jamaican dollar (JMD) |
| Internet country code | .jm |
| Ports and terminals | Kingston, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Port Rhoades, Rocky Point |
| Agriculture products | sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, yams, ackees, vegetables; poultry, goats, milk; crustaceans, mollusks |
| Industries | tourism, bauxite/alumina, agro processing, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications |
| Location | Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba |
| Coordinates | 18 15 N, 77 30 W |
| Continent | Central America and the Caribbean |
| Area |
total: 10,991 sq km
land: 10,831 sq km
water: 160 sq km |
| Boundaries | 0 km |
| Coastline | 1,022 km |
| Climate | tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior |
| Terrain | mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain |
| Natural resources | bauxite, gypsum, limestone |
| Natural hazards | hurricanes (especially July to November) |
| Population | 2,758,124 (July 2006 est.) |
| Ethnic groups | black 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, white 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.1% |
| Religions | Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Baptist 8.8%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 5.5%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Brethren 1.1%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other including some spiritual cults 34.7% |
| Languages | English, patois English |
Jamaica
