Jamaica Country Info - 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.

Jamaica is an island nation in the Caribbean, located to the south of Cuba and to the west of the island of Hispaniola. The climate in Jamaica is tropical, with hot and humid weather, although higher inland regions are more temperate. Some regions on the south coast are relatively dry rain-shadow areas. Jamaica lies in the hurricane belt of the Atlantic Ocean; as a result, the island sometimes experiences significant storm damage. Visit Nine Mile where Bob Marley was born and now buried. The journey up into the mountains lets you experience the heart of the country.

Pictures from Capital (Kingston)

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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 Jamaica 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 following list are the 14 regions/states in Jamaica we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Jamaican population grew at a rate of 0.75% (or by 21,269 citizens). With 18,450 deaths and 55,436 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.3%. -15,717 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of 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.

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.