Jamaica

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Port Antonio, Jamaica

Jamaica: Martha Brae River

Jamaica: Ethnic composition

Jamaica: Religious affiliation

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Jamaica: Facts & Stats

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Facts

Also Known As	Xaymaca
Head Of Government	Prime Minister: Andrew Holness
Capital	Kingston
Population	(2023 est.) 2,749,000
Head Of State	British Monarch: King Charles III, represented by Governor-General: Sir Patrick Linton Allen
Form Of Government	constitutional monarchy with two legislative houses (Senate [21¹]; House of Representatives [63])
Official Language	English
Official Religion	none
Official Name	Jamaica
Total Area (Sq Km)	10,991
Total Area (Sq Mi)	4,244
Monetary Unit	Jamaican dollar (J$)
Population Rank	(2023) 141
Population Projection 2030	2,806,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi	(2023) 647.7
Density: Persons Per Sq Km	(2023) 250.1
Urban-Rural Population	Urban: (2020) 56.3% • Rural: (2020) 43.7%
Life Expectancy At Birth	Male: (2022) 74 years • Female: (2022) 77.6 years
Literacy: Percentage Of Population Age 15 And Over Literate	Male: (2014) 83% • Female: (2014) 93%
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000)	(2022) 16,027
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$)	(2022) 5,670
¹All seats appointed by governor-general.

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Portia Simpson Miller Michael Manley Charles T. Metcalfe Edward John Eyre Sir Kenneth Blackburne Edward Trelawny North America Atlantic Ocean member states of the Commonwealth Caribbean Sea United States India United Kingdom China Canada Russia Germany Australia Japan France

Simpson Miller, Portia

Portia Simpson Miller

prime minister of Jamaica

Manley, Michael

Michael Manley

prime minister of Jamaica

Charles T. Metcalfe

Charles T. Metcalfe

British colonial official

Eyre, engraving by Charles Tomkins after a portrait by Charles Mercier

Edward John Eyre

British explorer and official

Sir Kenneth Blackburne

British colonial administrator

Edward Trelawny

British colonial governor

Edward Winslow, detail of an oil painting by Robert Walker, 1651; in the Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Mass.

Edward Winslow

governor of Plymouth colony

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer

North America

North America

continent

Atlantic Ocean, with depth contours and submarine features

Atlantic Ocean

The Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Sea

sea, Atlantic Ocean

Devon House, Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston

national capital, Jamaica

Port Royal and Kingston Harbour

Port Royal

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Montego Bay, Jamaica

Montego Bay

Jamaica

Spanish Town, Jamaica

Spanish Town

Jamaica

Cockpit Country

region, Jamaica

Port Antonio, on the northeast coast of Jamaica.

Port Antonio

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Morant Bay

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Jamaica: Turtle Beach

Ocho Rios

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Mandeville

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Savanna-la-Mar

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Old Harbour

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Saint Ann’s Bay

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