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Jamaica |
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Sovereign:
Queen Elizabeth II (1952) Area: 4,244 sq mi (10,991 sq km) Population (2004 est.): 2,713,130 (growth rate: 0.7%); birth rate: 16.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 12.8/1000; life expectancy: 76.1; density per sq mi: 639 Capital: Kingston Monetary unit: Jamaican dollar Languages: English, Jamaican Creole Ethnicity/race: black 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, white 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.1% Religions: 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% Literacy rate: 88% (2003 est.) Natural resources: bauxite, gypsum, limestone. Exports: $1.355 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.): alumina, bauxite; sugar, bananas, rum. Imports: $3.265 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.): machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, fuel, food, chemicals, fertilizers. Major trading partners: U.S., Canada, Norway, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan. Member of Commonwealth of Nations |
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Symbolism of FlagThe yellow represents sunshine and natural resources; black, the burdens borne by the people; green, agriculture and hope for the future. |
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GeographyJamaica is an island in the West Indies, 90 mi (145 km) south of Cuba and 100 mi (161 km) west of Haiti. It is a little smaller than Connecticut. |
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GovernmentConstitutional parliamentary democracy. |
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National AnthemEternal
Father bless our land, |
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