Outline of Jamaica

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

Pronunciation:
Common English country name: Jamaica
Official English country name: Jamaica
Common endonym(s):
Official endonym(s):
Adjectival(s): Jamaican
Demonym(s):
Etymology: Name of Jamaica
International rankings of Jamaica
ISO country codes: JM, JAM, 388
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:JM
Internet country code top-level domain: .jm

Geography of Jamaica

Jamaica is...
- an island
- a country
  - an island country
  - a nation state
  - a Commonwealth realm
Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
  - North America (though not on the mainland)
- Atlantic Ocean
  - North Atlantic
    - Caribbean
      - Antilles
        Greater Antilles
- Time zone: UTC-05
- Extreme points of Jamaica
  - High: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m (7,402 ft)
  - Low: Caribbean Sea 0 m
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: Caribbean Sea 1,022 km
Population of Jamaica: 2,714,000 - UN Estimate 137th most populous country
Area of Jamaica: 10,991 km² - 166th largest country
Atlas of Jamaica

Environment of Jamaica

Natural geographic features of Jamaica

Regions of Jamaica

Ecoregions 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):

Surrey (Kingston) – yellow
Middlesex (Spanish Town) – pink
Cornwall (Montego Bay) – green

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

Capital of Jamaica: Kingston
Cities, towns, villages and neighbourhoods of Jamaica

Demography of Jamaica

Government and politics of Jamaica

Main article: Government of Jamaica and Politics of Jamaica

Form of government: parliamentary multi-party representative democratic constitutional monarchy
Capital of Jamaica: Kingston

Branches of the government of Jamaica

Executive branch of the government of Jamaica

Head of state: Elizabeth II, Queen of Jamaica
- Governor General of Jamaica, the Queen's representative
Head of government: Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, ON, MP the seventh Prime Minister of Jamaica since 5 January 2012, Prime Minister of Jamaica
Cabinet of Jamaica

Legislative branch of the government of Jamaica

Parliament of Jamaica (bicameral)
- Upper house: Senate of Jamaica
- Lower house: House of Representatives of Jamaica

Judicial branch of the government of Jamaica

Foreign relations of Jamaica

International organization membership

Jamaica is a member of:^[1]

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom)
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
Commonwealth of Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Group of 15 (G15)
Group of 77 (G77)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Criminal Court (ICCt) (signatory)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)

International Organization for Migration (IOM)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
Latin American Economic System (LAES)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Organization of American States (OAS)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Jamaica

Military of Jamaica

Local government in Jamaica

History of Jamaica

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

Military history of Jamaica

Culture of Jamaica

Art in Jamaica

Sports in Jamaica

Economy and infrastructure of Jamaica

Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 110th (one hundred and tenth)

Currency of Jamaica: Dollar
- ISO 4217: JMD

Jamaica Stock Exchange

Education in Jamaica

Infrastructure of Jamaica

References

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