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Google Maps and Detailed Facts of Jamaica (JM). This page lets you explore Jamaica and its border countries (Country Location: the Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba) through detailed Satellite imagery – fast and easy as never before Google Maps.
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About Jamaica in detail
Where is Jamaica?
In case Jamaica is looking on the map under the Coordinates 18 00 N 76 48 W otherwise in Central America, and the Caribbean, in the Caribbean, an island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba.
What is the capital city of Jamaica?
The capital city of Jamaica is Kingston.
What is the time in Kingston?
It is the same time as Washington, D.C. during Standard Time; Kingston’s timezone is UTC-5.
What is the Internet code for Jamaica?
The Top Level Domain (TLD) for Jamaica is: .jm
What is the size of Jamaica?
The territory of Jamaica is 10,991 sq km; land: 10,831 sq km, water: 160 sq km.
If we want to describe the size of the territory of Jamaica is somewhat smaller than Connecticut.
If we would like to walk around and discover Jamaica, we can cover 0 km.
What is the water coverage of Jamaica?
We have already mentioned what percentage of Jamaica is covered by water (see below), including 1,022 km coastline.
What is the climate like in Jamaica?
The climate of Jamaica is tropical: hot, humid: temperate interior.
Geographical data of Jamaica
The elevation of Jamaica means 18 m, elevation extremes; lowest point: the Caribbean Sea 0 m, highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m.
The specific geographical details of Jamaica include mostly mountains, with a narrow, discontinuous coastal plain.
Suppose we would like to describe the countries location from a different perspective. In that case, it is safe to say, and easy to read from a map, Jamaica is a strategic location between Cayman Trench and Jamaica Channel, the main sea lanes for the Panama Canal.
Resources and land use of Jamaica
The country’s main mined products are bauxite, gypsum, limestone. The population partly uses the earlier highlighted land territory and partly left in its natural state: agricultural land: 41.4%; arable land 11.1%; permanent crops 9.2%; permanent pasture 21.1%; forest: 31.1%; other: 27.5% (2011 estimate).
Population data of Jamaica
The number of inhabitants of Jamaica is 2,970,340 (July 2016 estimate).
If we examine the proportion of the population distribution, it is safe to say that population density is high throughout but increases in and around Kingston, Montego Bay, and Port Esquivel.
If we look at the proportion of the urbanized and barely populated areas, these are the figures: urban population: 54.8% of the total population (2015).
Most of the population in Jamaica is concentrated in KINGSTON (capital) 588,000 (2015).
Ethnicity in Jamaica
According to ethnicity details, the ethnic groups are black 92.1%, mixed 6.1%, East Indian 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified 0.7% (2011 estimate).
The spoken languages in Jamaica are the following: English, English patois.
What are the most important religions in Jamaica?
During the general census, researchers examine the churches, according to this: Protestant 64.8% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 12.0%, Pentecostal 11.0%, Other Church of God 9.2%, New Testament Church of God 7.2%, Baptist 6.7%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.5%, Anglican 2.8%, United Church 2.1%, Methodist 1.6%, Revived 1.4%, Brethren 0.9%, and Moravian 0.7%), Roman Catholic 2.2%, Jehovah’s Witness 1.9%, Rastafarian 1.1%, other 6.5%, none 21.3%, unspecified 2.3% (2011 estimate).
Further population data of Jamaica
The proportion of gender and age tells a lot about the society as follows 0-14 years: 27.56% (male 416,421 / female 402,283) 15-24 years: 21.13% (male 315,190 / female 312,362) 25-54 years: 37.59% (male 551,384 / female 565,279) 55-64 years: 5.78% (male 82,754 / female 88,786) 65 years and over: 7.94% (male 105,593 / female 130,288) (2016 estimate). It also a significant factor in a society the population growth rate, which in the case of Jamaica is 0.68% (2016 estimate).
The population growth rate is based on two elements, the birth, and the death rate. In Jamaica the birth rate is 18 births / 1,000 population (2016 estimate), the death rate 6.7 deaths / 1,000 population (2016 estimate).
In this day and age in developed societies, the first child borns later compared to the previous centuries and decades, so childbearing is extended. In Jamaica, the average age of mothers at the first childbirth is N/A.
Although the children’s birth is postponed in the best-case scenario, the parents can still see their kids grow as life expectancy also extended. In the case of Jamaica, these figures are. With the introduction of modern medicine, vaccinations, and the proper hygienic conditions, the infant mortality rate is in a steep decline. The infant mortality statistics in Jamaica are the following: N/A. Relevant data is the budget of healthcare, which is 5.4% of GDP (2014).
Economic data of Jamaica
Suppose we would like to describe a country, we also have to mention its economy; The Jamaican economy is heavily dependent on services, accounting for more than 70% of GDP. The government derives most of its foreign exchange from tourism, remittances, and bauxite/alumina. Remittances and tourism each account for 30% of GDJamaica’s economy face many challenges to growth: high crime and corruption, large-scale unemployment and underemployment, and a debt-to-GDP ratio of about 130%. The attendant debt servicing cost consumes a large portion of the government’s budget, limitJamaica’s onerous public debt burden is mostly the result of government bailouts to ailing sectors of the economy financial sector.
GDP is a prominent figure, as all the relevant calculations and statistics are based on it. GDP in Jamaica is $13.78 billion (2015 estimate).
Another important indicator is the rate of GDP growth, which in Jamaica is 1.5% (2016 estimate) 0.9% (2015 estimate) 0.5% (2014 estimate).
These statistics affect the world economy; remember, in 2015, the Chinese real GDP growth rate was worse than expected; The world markets fall, and the Chinese stock exchange was temporally suspended.
A further major factor of a country’s economy, the GDP per capita. In Jamaica this is $9,000 (2016 estimate) $8,900 (2015 estimate) $8,900 (2014 estimate).
In the economy, the Trinity is in common places, such as agriculture, industry, and services.
What are the agricultural products Jamaica produces?
The main agricultural products of Jamaica are sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, yams, ackees, vegetables, poultry, goats, milk, shellfish.
The essential segments are tourism, bauxite/alumina, agricultural-processing, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, and telecommunications. The crucial and regularly mentioned GDP is based on tourism, bauxite/alumina, agricultural-processing, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications.
Drinking water source in Jamaica
It is essential to mention that – thanks to the development of the infrastructure -, the rate of potable water improved: urban: 97.5% of the population, rural: 89.4% of the population, total: 93.8% of the population. Unimproved: urban: 2.5% of the population, rural: 10.6% of the population, total: 6.2% of the population (2015 estimate).
The average number of childbirth in Jamaica
In Jamaica, the average delivery number is 1.99 children born / woman (2016 estimate).
Population, median age, migration, and citizenship in Jamaica
The average age of the population is 25.6 years; male: 25.1 years, female: 26.1 years (2016 estimate). The age of adulthood varies in every country of the world in Jamaica; it is 18 years of age, universal.
When we are experiencing an unprecedented scale of migration and globalization, it is an important factor in the number of new immigrants. In Jamaica is -4.5 migrant(s) / 1,000 population (2016 estimate). It is important to know how to apply for citizenship: citizenship by birth: yes. Citizenship by descent: yes. Dual citizenship recognized: yes, the residency requirement for naturalization: 4 out of the previous five years.
Is Jamaica a safe destination? Healthcare services and infectious diseases in Jamaica
Many of the travelers are looking into the healthcare services and infectious diseases of their destinations. In Jamaica, the hospital beds’ density is 1.7 beds / 1,000 population (2012).
According to the WHO rating regarding contagious diseases in Jamaica the note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses a significant risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016).
However, HIV is not curable but maintainable. Let’s do not forget when the disease surfaced; it was a world threatening condition. Unfortunately, in some countries, it is still very high the number of infected patients and fatalities due to the disease.
In Jamaica, the number of HIV/AIDS deaths: N/A.
Regarding tourism obesity, not an important issue, but we have to mention health statistics, as it is the plague of the 20th and the 21st century. The rate of obese adults in Jamaica is 26.8% (2014).
What are the natural hazards in Jamaica? Is there any?
The most known natural risk in Jamaica are hurricanes (especially July to November).
More interesting facts about Jamaica
A few words about the past, as every country and society, is connected to its history; The island – discovered by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1494 – was settled by the Spanish early in the 16th century. The native Taino, who had inhabited Jamaica for centuries, gradually exterminated and replaced African slaves. England seized the island in 1655 and established a plantation economy based on sugar, cocoa, and coffee. The abolition of slavery in 1834 freed a quarter million slaves, many of whom became small farmers. Jamaica gradually increased its independence from Britain.
In 1958 it joined other British Caribbean colonies in forming the Federation of the West Indies. Jamaica gained full independence when it withdrew from the Federation in 1962. Deteriorating economic conditions during the 1970s led to recurrent violence as rival gangs affiliated with the major political parties evolved into robust, organized crime networks involved in international drug smuggling and money laundering. Violent crime, drug trafficking, and poverty pose significant challenges to the government today. Nonetheless, many rural and resort areas remain relatively safe and contribute substantially to the economy.
In every nation’s memory, some cornerstones placed the country on the timeline of history. The date of declaration of independence of Jamaica: 6 August 1962 (from the United Kingdom).
The flag and other symbols of Jamaica
The colors, symbols, and animals on the flag usually have a historical background or an important milestone or memory of the nation.
This case is not an exception either; diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles – green (top and bottom) and black (hoist side and fly side); green represents hope, vegetation, and agriculture, black reflects hardships overcome and to be faced, and yellow recalls golden sunshine and the island’s natural resources.
Apart from the flag, the symbol of national unity is the national anthem. The anthem’s primary purpose is to share the nation’s core values, endeavors, and patriotic feelings.
National symbols of Jamaica: green-and-black streamertail (bird), Guaiacum officinale (Guaiacwood); national colors: green, yellow, black.
Constitution of Jamaica
The existence of the nation is based on the constitution. Some constitutions knew worldwide, like the U.S. Constitution that was accepted on the 17th of September 1787, in Philadelphia, the United States of America’s Constitution.
It is not related to the declaration of independence that was stolen by Nicolas Cage in the movie National Treasure 🙂
What is the legal system of Jamaica?
Most of the time, the legal system of a country is the focus of lawyers. It is a common fact that there are two main approaches in the world, “the law in books” and “the law in action.”
In the Anglo-Saxon world, the practice is the “law in action,” while in the rest of the world, the law is based on Roman law, the “law in books.”
The legal system of Jamaica is a common law system based on the English model.
It was Aristotle who founded the Theory of 3 separations of powers. In his view, these are the council of public affairs, the magistrates, and the justice system. The age of enlightenment was the time when terminologies have defined the way we still use them. In most democratic countries, the three authorities separated from each other. In dictatorships, the rules usually interweaved in one hand.
About the legislative branch of Jamaica, we can highlight the following structures bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (21 seats; members appointed by the governor-general on the recommendation of the prime minister and the minority party leader, 13 seats allocated to the ruling party, and eight seats allocated to the minority party; members serve 5-year terms) and the House of Representatives (63 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by a simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms).
About the unemployment rate, labor force, and poverty line in Jamaica
One of the major problems of the 21st-century economy is unemployment. Governments are struggling to maintain a low level of the unemployment rate. Still, as a result of automation, the cheap 3rd world labor, and the outsourcing of workflow, these attempts fail. In Jamaica, the labor force is 1.312 million (2016 estimate). Please bear in mind that the population in Jamaica is total: 13.1 deaths / 1,000 live births; male: 13.7 deaths / 1,000 live births, female: 12.5 deaths / 1,000 live births (2016 estimate) – as we already mentioned above.
The rate of unemployment in Jamaica is 13.8% (2016 estimate).
Widely known that the gap between the rich and poor is widening on an enormous scale.
According to the 2017 shocking Oxfam report, the most affluent eight people’s fortune is equal to the wealth of the poorest half of the world’s population.
In Jamaica, the households’ income and consumption compared to the entire population: lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 35.8% (2004).
Another widely used indicator is the so-called GINI index, which measures the inequalities of statistical dispersion, but is mainly used for measuring the sharing of income and fortune.
The GINI index was named after its founder Corrado Gini, an Italian economist. Gini index has grades between 0-1, but often it is used on a percentage basis. It is 0 if the examined criteria territorial distribution is equal. It is one of the criteria concentrated on the territory. In Jamaica, the GINI index is .45,5 (2004).
The states usually set up a poverty line, which is more or less, is a subjective measure. It varies by country; its base is often the minimum pension, the incomes of the most deficient 20 percent, the X percent of income per capita Etc.
In Jamaica, the poverty line people are the lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 35.8% (2004).
About the budget and central governments debt of Jamaica
The available budget mainly defines the state’s economy. The budget of Jamaica is; revenues: $3.885 billion, expenditures: $4.033 billion (2016 estimate). Taxes and other revenues are 28.2% of GDP (2016 estimate).
The budget deficit (Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)) is N/A.
The fiscal year in Jamaica is 1 April – 31 March.
In the country’s economy, we have to consider the public debt. Public debt is the consolidated sum of the state’s local, federal, and central government debt.
Inflation rate and prime lending rate in Jamaica
A few further interesting and relevant economic data are the following; Inflation rate: 2.5% (2016 estimate), 3.7% (2015 estimate), and the rate of the Commercial bank prime lending rate: 16.6% (31 December 2016 estimate).
Export/import partners and data of Jamaica
Jamaica, with the export of products, industrial tools, and other services, generates revenue. The export value in Jamaica is $1.278 billion (2016 estimate), $1.261 billion (2015 estimate). The total revenue of these activities: alumina, bauxite, sugar, rum, coffee, yams, beverages, chemicals, apparel, mineral fuels.
The most important export partners of Jamaica are the United States 24.4%, Canada 16.5%, Russia 9.3%, Netherlands 8.9%, Iceland 7.2%, the United Kingdom 6.5% (2015).
The most important imported products are food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts, and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, and the countries from where the import is coming: the United States 32.6%, Venezuela 12.4%, China 12%, Trinidad and Tobago 11.1% (2015).
Renewable energies used in Jamaica
To suppress the pollution of the environment, renewable energies have to replace the fossil energy. The more the proportion of renewable energies in a country means more effort against pollution. Jamaica, the indicator of how much of the country’s produced energy is coming from the hydroelectric source, is 2.5% of total installed capacity (2012 estimate).
To indicate how much another renewable energy produced is 5.9% of total installed capacity (2012 estimate).
Telecommunication data of Jamaica, calling code
To maintain the economy, the development of a reliable and modern telecommunications infrastructure is crucial. We can say the following about Jamaica; fully automatic domestic telephone network. Domestic: the 1999 agreement to open the telecommunications services market resulted in rapid growth in mobile-cellular telephone usage. The number of fixed-lines in use has declined; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceed 110 per 100. International: country code – 1-876; the Fibralink submarine cable network provides enhanced delivery of business and broadband traffic and is linked to the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) submarine cable in the Dominican Republic; the link to ARCOS-1 pr (2015).
Transport infrastructure in Jamaica
In the 21st century, we often say that the world has become small and there are no distances anymore. With widespread air travel when (sometimes) there are no visa restrictions, it is easy to reach other countries, but if the distance is not too long, we can also use railway or water transportation.
The number of airports in Jamaica: 28 (2013), and the number of heliports: N/A.
The total length of the roadways in Jamaica: 22,121 km (includes 44 km of expressways), paved: 16,148 km, unpaved: 5,973 km (2011).
The total length of the waterways in Jamaica: N/A.
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Facts & data about Jamaica
Name of the country: conventional long way: none, traditional short form: Jamaica, etymology: from the native Taino word “haymaca” meaning “land of wood and water” or possibly “land of springs.”
| Abbreviation: Jamaica | Geographic coordinates: 18 15 N, 77 30 W |
Country Location: Central America and the Caribbean |
| Capital of Jamaica: Kingston | GPS of the Capital: 18 00 N 76 48 W |
Position: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba |
| Land area: total: 10,991 sq km; land: 10,831 sq km, water: 160 sq km | Terrain: mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain |
Area comparative: somewhat smaller than Connecticut |
| Population: 2,970,340 (July 2016 estimate) | Population grow rate: 0.68% (2016 estimate) | Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s) / female, 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s) / female, 15-24 years: 1.01 male(s) / female, 25-54 years: 0.98 male(s) / female, 55-64 years: 0.93 male(s) / female, 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s) / female, total population: 0.98 male(s) / female (2016 estimate) |
| Exports: $1.278 billion (2016 estimate), $1.261 billion (2015 estimate) | Imports: $3.772 billion (2016 estimate), $4.414 billion (2015 estimate) | Import partners: US 32.6%, Venezuela 12.4%, China 12%, Trinidad and Tobago 11.1% (2015) |
| Urbanization: urban population: 54.8% of the total population (2015) | Major urban area(s): KINGSTON (capital) 588,000 (2015) | Median age: total: 25.6 years; male: 25.1 years, female: 26.1 years (2016 estimate) |
| Internet users: total: 1.274 million. Percent of the population: 43.2% (July 2015 estimate) | Telephones (fixed-lines): total subscriptions: 252,630. Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (July 2015 estimate) | Telephones (mobile, cellular): total: 3.137 million. Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 106 (July 2015 estimate) |
| Unemployment rate: 13.8% (2016 estimate) | Nationality: Jamaican(s) adjective: Jamaican | National holidays: Emancipation Day, 1 August (1834); Independence Day, 6 August (1962) |
| Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.6 years. Male: 72 years, female: 75.3 years (2016 estimate) | Total fertility rate: 1.99 children born / woman (2016 estimate) | Birthrate: 18 births / 1,000 population (2016 estimate) |
| Literacy: age 15 and over has ever attended schooltotal population: 88.7%; male: 84%, female: 93.1% (2015 estimate) | Legal system: common law system based on the English model | Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal |
| Industries: tourism, bauxite/alumina, agricultural-processing, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications | Industrial production growth rate: 1.7% (2016 estimate) | GDP real growth rate: 1.5% (2016 estimate) 0.9% (2015 estimate) 0.5% (2014 estimate) |
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