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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean, covering 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi). It is the third-largest island in the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean, after Cuba and the island of Hispaniola. Jamaica lies about 145 km (78 nmi) south of Cuba, 191 km (103 nmi) west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and 215 km (116 nmi) southeast of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory). With 2.8 million people, Jamaica is the third most populous Anglophone country in the Americas and the fourth most populous country in the Caribbean. Kingston is the country's capital and largest city. The indigenous Taíno peoples of the island gradually came under Spanish rule after the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of Africans to Jamaica as slaves. The island remained a possession of Spain, under the name Santiago, until 1655, when England (part of what would become the Kingdom of Great Britain) conquered it and named it Jamaica. It became an important part of the colonial British West Indies. Under Britain's colonial rule, Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on continued importation of African slaves and their descendants. The British fully emancipated all slaves in 1838, and many freedmen chose to have subsistence farms rather than to work on plantations. Beginning in the 1840s, the British began using Chinese and Indian indentured labourers for plantation work. Jamaicans achieved independence from the United Kingdom on 6 August 1962. Jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, with power vested in the bicameral Parliament of Jamaica, consisting of an appointed Senate and a directly elected House of Representatives. Andrew Holness has served as Prime Minister of Jamaica since March 2016. Jamaica is a Commonwealth realm, with Charles III as its king; the appointed representative of the Crown is the Governor-General of Jamaica, the office having been held by Patrick Allen since 2009. Because of a high rate of emigration for work since the 1960s, there is a large Jamaican diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Most Jamaicans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, with significant European, East Asian (primarily Chinese), Indian, Lebanese, and mixed-race minorities. Jamaica is an upper-middle-income country with an economy heavily dependent on tourism; it has an average of 4.3 million tourists a year. The country has a global influence that belies its small size; it was the birthplace of the Rastafari religion and reggae music (and such associated genres as dub, ska, and dancehall); and it is internationally prominent in sports, including cricket, sprinting, and athletics. Jamaica has sometimes been considered the world's least populous cultural superpower.

Infobox

Capitaland largest city
Kingston 17°58′17″N 76°47′35″W / 17.97139°N 76.79306°W / 17.97139; -76.79306
Official languages
English
Vernacular language
Jamaican Patois
Ethnic groups
mw- li 76.3% African 15.1% Mixed 3.4% Indian 3.2% White 1.2% Chinese 0.8% others
Religion
68.9% Christianity 64.8% Protestantism 4.1% other Christian 21.3% no religion 1.1% Rastafari 6.5% other 2.3% unanswered
Demonym
Jamaican
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Charles III
• Governor-General
Patrick Allen
• Prime Minister
Andrew Holness
Legislature
Parliament
• Upper house
Senate
• Lower house
House of Representatives
• Granted
6 August 1962
• Total
$20.586 billion (119th)
• Water (%)
1.5
• 2024 estimate
2,824,913
• 2011 census
2,697,983
• Density
266/km2 (688.9/sq mi) (52nd)
GDP (PPP)
2024 estimate
• Per capita
$7,487 (95th)
GDP (nominal)
2024 estimate
Gini (2021)
40.2 } }medium inequality
HDI (2023)
0.720high (117th)
Currency
Jamaican dollar (JMD)
Time zone
UTC-5:00 (EST)
Calling code
1
ISO 3166 code
JM
Internet TLD
jm

Tables

· Government and politics › Administrative divisions
1
1
Cornwall County
1
Cornwall County
Hanover
Capital
Lucea
km2
450
Middlesex County
6
Middlesex County
Clarendon
Capital
May Pen
km2
1,196
Surrey County
11
Surrey County
Kingston
Capital
Kingston
km2
25
2
2
Cornwall County
2
Cornwall County
Saint Elizabeth
Capital
Black River
km2
1,212
Middlesex County
7
Middlesex County
Manchester
Capital
Mandeville
km2
830
Surrey County
12
Surrey County
Portland
Capital
Port Antonio
km2
814
3
3
Cornwall County
3
Cornwall County
Saint James
Capital
Montego Bay
km2
595
Middlesex County
8
Middlesex County
Saint Ann
Capital
St. Ann's Bay
km2
1,213
Surrey County
13
Surrey County
Saint Andrew
Capital
Half Way Tree
km2
453
4
4
Cornwall County
4
Cornwall County
Trelawny
Capital
Falmouth
km2
875
Middlesex County
9
Middlesex County
Saint Catherine
Capital
Spanish Town
km2
1,192
Surrey County
14
Surrey County
Saint Thomas
Capital
Morant Bay
km2
743
5
5
Cornwall County
5
Cornwall County
Westmoreland
Capital
Savanna-la-Mar
km2
807
Middlesex County
10
Middlesex County
Saint Mary
Capital
Port Maria
km2
611
Cornwall County
Capital
km2
Middlesex County
Capital
km2
Surrey County
Capital
km2
1
Hanover
Lucea
450
6
Clarendon
May Pen
1,196
11
Kingston
Kingston
25
2
Saint Elizabeth
Black River
1,212
7
Manchester
Mandeville
830
12
Portland
Port Antonio
814
3
Saint James
Montego Bay
595
8
Saint Ann
St. Ann's Bay
1,213
13
Saint Andrew
Half Way Tree
453
4
Trelawny
Falmouth
875
9
Saint Catherine
Spanish Town
1,192
14
Saint Thomas
Morant Bay
743
5
Westmoreland
Savanna-la-Mar
807
10
Saint Mary
Port Maria
611
· Demographics › Ethnic origins
African descent
African descent
Ethnic origin
African descent
Percentage
76.3
Approx. Population
2,047,668
Afro-European
Afro-European
Ethnic origin
Afro-European
Percentage
15.1
Approx. Population
405,240
East Indian and Afro-East Indian
East Indian and Afro-East Indian
Ethnic origin
East Indian and Afro-East Indian
Percentage
3.4
Approx. Population
91,246
White
White
Ethnic origin
White
Percentage
3.2
Approx. Population
85,878
Chinese
Chinese
Ethnic origin
Chinese
Percentage
1.2
Approx. Population
32,224
Other
Other
Ethnic origin
Other
Percentage
0.8
Approx. Population
21,470
Total
Total
Ethnic origin
Total
Percentage
100.0%
Approx. Population
2,683,707
Ethnic origin
Percentage
Approx. Population
African descent
76.3
2,047,668
Afro-European
15.1
405,240
East Indian and Afro-East Indian
3.4
91,246
White
3.2
85,878
Chinese
1.2
32,224
Other
0.8
21,470
Total
100.0%
2,683,707

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