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Capital |
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Capital City: Kingston |
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Geography |
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Size: 4,411 Square Miles (about the size of the US state of Connecticut) |
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Terrain: mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain |
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Population Statistics |
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Total Population: 2,780,132 (July 2007) |
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Ethnic Groups: African 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, Chinese 0.2%, White 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.1%. |
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Religion Population Statistics: Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census) |
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Government |
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Government Type: constitutional parliamentary democracy |
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Administrative Divisions: Jamaica is made up of 14 Parishes including: Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, Saint Andrew, Saint Ann, Saint Catherine, Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Mary, Saint Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland. Each has their own capital. |
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Independence: August 6, 1962 from the United Kingdom |
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Main Political Parties: Jamaican Labour Party (JLP), People’s National Party (PNP) and National Democratic Movement (NDM) |
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Time Zone |
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Eastern Standard Time zone. Jamaica does not follow daylight savings time |
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Climate |
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D Average Temperature: 82° F |
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Climate: Hot, Humid, temperate interior |
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Average Annual Rainfall: 82 inches |
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Language |
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English and the dialect of Patios which is widely spoken all over the island |
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National Resources |
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Bauxite, gypsum, limestone |
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Industries |
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Tourism, bauxite/alumina, agro processing, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications |
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Bauxite |
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Ore from which aluminum is obtained. At one time Jamaica was the world's leading producers of bauxite. |
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Agricultural Products |
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sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, yams, ackees, vegetables; poultry, goats, milk; crustaceans, mollusks |
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