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Capital | Kingston |
Government | Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy |
Currency | Jamaican dollar (JMD) |
Area | total: 10,991 km2 land: 10,831 km2 water: 160 km2 |
Population | 2,758,124 (July 2006 est.) |
Language | English (official), Jamaican Creole |
Religion | Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Baptist 8.8%, Anglican 5.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Brethren 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other, including some spiritual 34.7% |
Electricity | 110 volt / 50 Hz (USA Plug) |
Calling Code | +1-876 |
Internet TLD | .jm |
Time Zone | UTC-5 |
Jamaica is an island nation in the Caribbean, located to the south of Cuba and to the west of the island of Hispaniola.