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Capital Jamaica : |
Kingston .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Jamaica :
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| Climate Jamaica :
| tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior .
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| Life expectancy Jamaica :
| 76.07 years .
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| Fertility rate Jamaica :
| 1.98 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Jamaica :
| constitutional parliamentary democracy .
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| Population Jamaica :
| 2,713,130 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Jamaica :
| 10,991 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Jamaica :
| 444,400 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Jamaica :
| 1.4 million (2002) .
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| International Country Code Jamaica :
| 1-876.
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| Sex ratio total Jamaica :
| 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Jamaica ratio under 15 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Jamaica ratio 15 64 :
| 1 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Jamaica ratio 65 :
| 0.8 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Jamaica :
| $-842 million (2003) |
| HIV Jamaica :
| 1.2% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Jamaica :
| 19.7% (2002 est.) |
| Literacy Jamaica :
| 87,90% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Jamaica :
| 2,70% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Jamaica :
| 30.3% (2000) |
| Inflation Jamaica :
| 10.3% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Jamaica :
| 15.9% (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Jamaica :
| 600,000 (2002) |
| Location Jamaica :
| Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba |
| Geographic Coordinates Jamaica :
| 18 15 N, 77 30 W |
| Religion Jamaica :
| 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 cults 34.7% |
| Administrative region Jamaica :
| 14 parishes; Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, Saint Andrew, Saint Ann, Saint Catherine, Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Mary, Saint Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland |
| Terrain Jamaica :
| mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain |
| Elevation extremes lowest Jamaica :
| Caribbean Sea 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Jamaica :
| Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m |
| Natural resources Jamaica :
| bauxite, gypsum, limestone |
| Land use arable land Jamaica :
| 16,07% |
| Land use permanentcrops Jamaica :
| 10,16% |
| Irrigated land Jamaica :
| 250 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Jamaica :
| hurricanes (especially July to November) |
| Environment current issues Jamaica :
| heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results from vehicle emissions |
| Geography note Jamaica :
| strategic location between Cayman Trench and Jamaica Channel, the main sea lanes for the Panama Canal |
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