Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean, the third-largest island in the Greater Antilles after Cuba and Hispaniola, with no land borders and lying south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola. It gained independence from the United Kingdom on 6 August 1962. It is a parliamentary democracy and Commonwealth realm. Its capital is Kingston. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Population2024 estimate, from Jamaica's own Wikipedia infobox, which also carries a 2022 census figure of 2,774,538. Population Estimate Year Area (sq km) Independence or Founding YearJamaica gained independence from the United Kingdom on 6 August 1962. Classification
Sovereignty Status Jamaica
Connections
Associated With
Kingston, Cities Kingston is the capital of Jamaica.
Source Kingston, Jamaica (Wikipedia)
Bordered By Water
Has Capital
Source Kingston, Jamaica (Wikipedia)
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- Also in Arts and Music Atlas: Bob Marley, nationals include there.
- Also in Arts and Music Atlas: Toots Hibbert, nationals include there.
- Also in Divinity Atlas: Pinnacle, part of this there.
- Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: Bajo Nuevo Bank, found there there.
- Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: Cockpit Country, found there there.
- Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault Zone, found there there.
- Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: Port Royal Cays, found there there.
- Also in Economics Atlas: Bank of Jamaica, part of this there.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Ackee and Saltfish, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Allspice, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Bammy, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Festival (food), is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Ital (Rastafari Dietary Law), is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Jerk Chicken, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Run down, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Law Atlas: Bryan Sykes, nationals include there.
- Also in Law Atlas: Lascelles Robotham, nationals include there.
- Also in Law Atlas: Law of Jamaica, found there there.
- Also in Law Atlas: Lensley Wolfe, nationals include there.
- Also in Law Atlas: Lloyd George Williams, nationals include there.
- Also in Law Atlas: Patrick Lipton Robinson, nationals include there.
- Also in Law Atlas: Zaila McCalla, nationals include there.
- Also in Literature Atlas: Dub Poetry, is where this subject originated.
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- Also in Nature Atlas: Agrostis gigantea, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: American Bullfrog, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Andean Horsetail, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Angel Insect, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Aristolochia grandiflora, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Atlantic Thorny Oyster, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Banyan, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Black Wattle, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Black-billed cuckoo, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Blue Marlin, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Boston Fern, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Breadfruit, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Buckwheat, found there there.
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- Also in Nature Atlas: Camellia sinensis, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Cane Toad, found there there.
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- Also in Nature Atlas: Ceratopteris Richardii, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Cherax Quadricarinatus, found there there.
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- Also in Nature Atlas: Cinnamon Fern, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Coffee Plant (Coffea arabica), found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Common Green Darner, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Common Remora, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Common Starling, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Common Yarrow, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Cretan Brake, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Croton eluteria, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Cryptostegia grandiflora, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Cuban Tree Frog, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Cucumber, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Cucumis melo, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Cyperus alternifolius, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Daucus carota, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Dill, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Elkhorn Coral, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Enterolobium cyclocarpum, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Erythrodiplax berenice, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Feral Goat, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Flamingo Tongue Snail, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Garden Cress, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Garlic, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Giant Tiger Prawn, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Golden Polypody, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Gorse, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Gray Wolf, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Great Barracuda, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Horseradish, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Horsetail, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Humpback Anglerfish, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Ipomoea alba, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Ipomoea violacea, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Kapok, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Lantana Camara, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Lemon, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Lesser Yellowlegs, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Lettuce, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Lettuce Sea Slug, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Mangrove cuckoo, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Manilkara zapota, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Mirabilis jalapa, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Mosquito Fern, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Ocean Sunfish, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Old World Climbing Fern, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Onion, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Pineapple, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Pomegranate, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Pompano dolphinfish, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Quassia amara, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Quillwort, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Red Imported Fire Ant, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Red Mangrove, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Roseate Spoonbill, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Royal tern, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Rumex acetosella, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Selenicereus grandiflorus, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Shepherds Purse, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Slender Seahorse, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Southern Giant Horsetail, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Southern Maidenhair Fern, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Staghorn Coral, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Sweet chestnut, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Tecoma stans, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Vanilla Orchid (Vanilla planifolia), found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Venus Flytrap, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Walking Catfish, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Water Hyacinth, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: West Indian Manatee, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Whisk Fern, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: White Clover, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Whiteleg Shrimp, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: White-tailed Deer, found there there.
- Also in Nature Atlas: Wolf, found there there.
- Also in Philosophy Atlas: Sylvia Wynter, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Science Atlas: André K. Isaacs, nationals include there.
- Also in Society and Culture Atlas: Orlando Patterson, nationals include there.
- Also in Sport and Games Atlas: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, nationals include there.
- Also in Sport and Games Atlas: Usain Bolt, nationals include there.
Sources
1. Member States of the United Nations (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroductionQuote, Introduction
The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization.
2. Jamaica (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, capital
Kingston
Infobox, area
10,991 km2 (4,244 sq mi)
Demographics section, 2024 estimate
2024 estimate: 2,824,913
Introduction
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean, covering 10,991 square kilometres (4,244 sq mi). It is the third-largest island in the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean, after Cuba and the island of Hispaniola.
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