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Facts and Figures
Full
name:
Jamaica
Nationality
noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective:
Jamaican
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Area
Total: 10,991 sq km
Land:
10,831 sq km
Water: 160 sq
km
Population: 2,731,832
Ethnic
groups
Black
90.9%
East Indian
1.3%
White
0.2%
Chinese
0.2%
Mixed
7.3%
Other
0.1%
Capital: Kingston, population
50,000
Largest
Cities
Spanish Town
- 110,000
Portmore -
95,0000
Montego Bay -
85,0000
Official
Language
English
Patois
English
Religion
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%
Political system: constitutional
parliamentary democracy
GDP: purchasing power
parity - $11.13 billion
GDP per head: purchasing
power parity - $4,100
Annual
growth: 1.9%
GDP - composition by
sector
industry: 32.7%
services:
61.3%
agriculture:
6.1%
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