Jamaica Facts & Information

Location	Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba
Climate	Tropical, hot, humid
Terrain	Mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
Population	2,731,832
Nationality	Jamaican
Ethnic groups	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%
Languages	English
Government Type	Constitutional Parliamentary Democracy
Capital	Kingston
Currency	Jamaican dollar (JMD)
Description of Flag	Diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles - green (top and bottom) and black (hoist side and outer side)
Jamaica Flag

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