Jamaica
Position: Caribbean Sea
Position: Caribbean Sea
| International name: | Jamaica |
| Local name: | Jamaica |
| AREA ................................................ | 10.991 kmq |
| POPULATION .................................. | 2.713.130 in. |
| DENSITY ......................................... | 246,9 in/kmq |
| CAPITAL .......................................... | Kingston |
| LANGUAGES .................................... | English, patois English |
| 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 cu |
| CURRENCY ...................................... | Jamaican dollar (JMD) |
| GDP per CAPITA ............................. | 4163 $ (2004) |
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,511 (101th place) |
| LOWEST POINT ............................... | Caribbean Sea 0 m |
| HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Blue Mountain Peak 2256 m |
| INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 6 August 1962 (from UK) |
| INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Parliamentary Democracy in the Commonwealth context |
| WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .jm |
| COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +1876 |
Caribbean Sea country
| Kingston | 23/11/2024 | 19:40 | ( GMT-5 ) |
Courtesy from CIA World Factbook