JAMAICA
Wesley and Evelyn Hutchens



Mailing Address:
P.O.Box 725
Spanish Town, St. Catherine
Jamaica WI
876-749-6624
hutchens@n5.com.jm

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Religion
Protestant 61.3%, Roman Catholic 4%, other 39.1%.

People/Language/Ethnicity
Languages: English, Jamaican Creole. Ethnicity/race: African 76.3%, Afro-European 15.1%, East Indian and Afro-East Indian 3%, white 3.2%, Chinese and Afro-Chinese 1.2%, other 1.2%,

Overview
Area: 4,244 sq mi. Jamaica is an island in the West Indies, 90 mi south of Cuba and 100 mi west of Haiti. It is a little smaller than Connecticut. The island is made up of coastal lowlands, a limestone plateau, and the Blue Mountains, a group of volcanic hills, in the east.

Population (2003 est.): 2,695,867 (growth rate: 1.2%); Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Kingston, 937,700 (metro. area), 590,500

Economy
Per capita income $3,700. Real growth rate: 1.1%. Inflation: 6.9%. Unemployment: 16% (2000 est.). Arable land: 16%. Agriculture: sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, potatoes, vegetables; poultry, goats, milk. Labor force: 1.13 million (1998); services 60%, agriculture 21%, industry 19% (1998). Industries: tourism, bauxite, textiles, food processing, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products. Natural resources: bauxite, gypsum, limestone.

Source and Copyright: InfoPlease, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. The World Factbook 2002.