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Jamaica

Banner o Jamaica
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Coat o airms o Jamaica
Coat o airms
Motto: "Out of Many, One People"
Location o Jamaica
CaipitalKingston
17°59′N76°48′W /17.983°N 76.800°W /17.983; -76.800
Lairgest ceetycapital
Offeecial leidsInglis
Naitional leidJamaican Patois(de facto)
Ethnic groups
(2011[1])
Releegion
[2]
Demonym(s)Jamaican
GovrenmentUnitarpairlamentarrepresentative democracy unnerconstitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Charles III
Patrick Allen
Andrew Holness
LegislaturPairlament
Senate
Hoose o Representatives
Independence 
• Grantit
6 August 1962
Aurie
• Total
10,991 km2 (4,244 sq mi)(160th)
• Water (%)
1.5
Population
• 2016 estimate
2,881,355[3](139t)
• Density
268/km2 (694.1/sq mi)(49t)
GDP (PPP)2017 estimate
• Total
$26.446 billion[4](2017)
• Per capita
$9,297[4]
GDP (nominal)2017 estimate
• Tot
$14.556 billion[4]
• Per capita
$5,117[4]
Gini (2004)45.5[5]
medium · 84t[6]
HDI (2014)Increase 0.719[7]
heich · 99t
CurrencyJamaican dollar (JMD)
Time zoneUTC-5
Drivin sidecaur
Cawin code+1-876
+1-658(Owerlay o 876; active in November 2018)
ISO 3166 codeJM
Internet TLD.jm
Territorial organization
Territorial organization 2

Jamaica orJamaicae (Jamaican Creole:Jumieka,[dʒʌˈmʲeːka]), is anisland naition o theGreater Antilles, 234 kilometres (145 mi) in lenth an as muckle as 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width, an amoonts tae 10,990 square kilometres (4,243 sq mi). It is situatit in theCaribbean Sea, aboot 145 kilometres (90 mi) sooth oCuba, an 191 kilometres (119 mi) wast oHispaniola, the island harborin the naition-statesHaiti an theDominican Republic. ItsindigenousArawakan-speakinTaíno indwallers named the islandXaymaca, meanin the "Land o Wood an Water", or the "Land o Springs".[8]

Ance aSpaingie possession kent asSantiago, in 1655 it became an Inglis, an later a Breetish, colony, kent as "Jamaica". It achievit fou unthirldom in 1962. Wi 2.8 million fowk, it is the third maist populousanglophone kintra inAmericas, efter theUnitit States anCanadae. It remains aCommonweel realm wi KingCharles III asheid o state anKingston is the kintra's lairgest ceety an the caipital.[9][10]

Gallarie

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  • Kingston
    Kingston

References

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  1. ↑The CIA World Factbook – JamaicaArchived 2018-12-24 at theWayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
  2. ↑"The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". Cia.gov. Archived fraethe original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved25 September 2017.
  3. ↑"World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision".ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website).United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved10 September 2017.
  4. 1234"Jamaica". International Monetary Fund. 2016. Retrieved1 Apryle 2016.
  5. ↑"Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved2 Mairch 2011.
  6. ↑"Country Comparison: Distribution 0f Family Income – Gini Index".World Factbook. CIA. Archived fraethe original on 4 Juin 2011. Retrieved8 Februar 2016.
  7. ↑"2015 Human Development Report"(PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2014. Retrieved15 December 2015.
  8. ↑"Taíno Dictionary" (in Spanish). The United Confederation of Taíno People. Archived fraethe original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved18 October 2007.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  9. ↑"Jamaica country profile".BBC News. 26 Mey 2010. Retrieved11 October 2010.
  10. ↑"Jamaica - Largest Cities". GeoNames. Retrieved11 October 2010.
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