Outline of Jamaica

The location of Jamaica
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jamaica:

Jamaica – sovereign island nation located on the Island of Jamaica of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea.[1] It is 234 kilometres (145 mi) long and 80 kilometres (50 mi) at its widest. It lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba and 190 kilometres (120 mi) west of the Hispaniola. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs".[2] Formerly a Spanish possession known as Santiago, it later became the British West Indies Crown colony of Jamaica. It is the third most populous anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada.

General reference

An enlargeable basic map of Jamaica

Geography of Jamaica

An enlargeable topographic map of Jamaica
Main article: Geography of Jamaica

Environment of Jamaica

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Natural geographic features of Jamaica

Regions of Jamaica

Administrative divisions of Jamaica

Administratively, Jamaica is divided into fourteen parishes. They are grouped into three historic counties, which have no administrative relevance (traditional capitals in parentheses):

Hanover Saint Elizabeth Saint James Trelawny Parish Westmoreland Clarendon Manchester Saint Ann Saint Catherine Saint Mary Kingston Parish Portland Saint Andrew Saint ThomasJamaica parishes numbered2.png
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  Parish Area
km²		 Population
Census 2001		 Capital
Cornwall County
1Hanover 450.4 67,037 Lucea
2Saint Elizabeth 1,212.4 146,404 Black River
3Saint James 594.9 175,127 Montego Bay
4Trelawny 874.6 73,066 Falmouth
5Westmoreland 807.0 138,947 Savanna-la-Mar
Middlesex County
6Clarendon 1,196.3 237,024 May Pen
7Manchester 830.1 185,801 Mandeville
8Saint Ann 1,212.6 166,762 Saint Ann's Bay
9Saint Catherine 1,192.4 482,308 Spanish Town
10Saint Mary 610.5 111,466 Port Maria
Surrey County
11Kingston (parish)(1) (2) 21.8 96,052 Kingston
12Portland 814.0 80,205 Port Antonio
13Saint Andrew(1) 430.7 555,828 Half Way Tree
14Saint Thomas 742.8 91,604 Morant Bay
  Jamaica 10,990.5 2,607,631 Kingston

(1) The parishes of Kingston and Saint Andrew together form the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation.
(2) The parish of Kingston does not encompass all of the city of Kingston. Most of the city is in the parish of St. Andrew.

Municipalities of Jamaica

Demography of Jamaica

Government and politics of Jamaica

Main article: Government of Jamaica and Politics of Jamaica

Branches of the government of Jamaica

Main article: Government of Jamaica

Executive branch of the government of Jamaica

Legislative branch of the government of Jamaica

Judicial branch of the government of Jamaica

Main article: Judiciary of Jamaica

Foreign relations of Jamaica

International organization membership

Jamaica is a member of:[1]

Law and order in Jamaica

Military of Jamaica

Main article: Military of Jamaica

History of Jamaica

Main article: History of Jamaica, Timeline of the history of Jamaica, and Current events of Jamaica

Culture of Jamaica

Main article: Culture of Jamaica

Art in Jamaica

Sports in Jamaica

Economy and infrastructure of Jamaica

Main article: Economy of Jamaica

Education in Jamaica

Main article: Education in Jamaica

Infrastructure of Jamaica

See also

English language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Main article: Jamaica

References

  1. 1 2 "Jamaica". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 6, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  2. ↑ The United Confederation of Taíno People. "Taíno Dictionary" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2007-10-18.

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Jamaica

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