Jamaica

Official name: Jamaica
Also known as: Jumieka (Jamaican Patois)

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Capital of Jamaica: Kingston
Area of Jamaica: 10,991 km² (4,244 mi²) (164th)
Population of Jamaica: 2,839,175 (142nd) - (2024 est.)
Location: The Caribbean
Languages of Jamaica: English, Jamaican Patois
Religions of Jamaica: 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%, no religion 21.3%, unspecified 2.3% (2011 est.)
Ethnic groups in Jamaica: African 76.3%, Afro-European 15.1%, Indian or Afro-Indian 3.4%, White 3.2%, Chinese or Afro-Chinese 1.2%, Others 0.8% (2024 est.)
Currency: Jamaican dollar (JMD)
Time zone: UTC5:00 (EST)
Calling code: (+1)
Organizations: United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, Caribbean Community

Land boundaries: none
Coastline: Caribbean Sea 1,022 km (635 mi)
Maritime boundaries: Caribbean Sea

Administrative divisions of Jamaica
Map of Jamaica administrative divisions (parishes+counties)

14 parishes:
Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, Saint Andrew, Saint Ann, Saint Catherine, Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Mary, Saint Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland
note: for local government purposes, Kingston and Saint Andrew were amalgamated in 1923 into the present single corporate body known as the Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation

Natural resources: bauxite, alumina, gypsum, limestone.

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