Explore Jamaica in North America
Description and Basic Information
Jamaica with its capital Kingston is located in North America (Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea). It covers some 10,992 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Connecticut) with 2,801,000 citizens. English is the language used by the people in Jamaica.
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Sugarman Beach Hellshire
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About Jamaica
The landscape features mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain. The average density of population is about 254 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with hot, humid, temperate interior. Potential threats by nature are hurricanes (especially July to November).
To reach someone in Jamaica dial +1-876 prior to a number. There are 302,300 installed telephones. And there are 2,971,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800, 1900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".jm". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 110V - 50Hz.
The country consists of 14 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of Jamaica
Tourism Information
Official Tourism Office
Website: Jamaica Tourism
Demographic Information
Age Distribution in Jamaica
Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Jamaica has declined over the last 10 years by 3.4 births per thousand from 22.9 in 2001 to 19.5 in 2010. Currently, 55,436 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Jamaica has rised over the last 10 years by 0.2 deaths per thousand from 6.3 in 2001 to 6.5 in 2010. Currently, 18,450 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Jamaica is growing at an rate of 0.75% (or by 21,269 citizens). Each year 15,717 people leave this country (or 5.50 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.3%. Or an total increase of 36,986 citizens.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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