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| Country |
Jamaica |
| Capital |
Kingston |
| Location |
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba |
| Size |
10,991 sq km |
| Terrain |
mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain |
| Climate |
tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior |
| Languages |
English, patois English |
| Nationality |
noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective: Jamaican |
| 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% |
| Currency |
Jamaican dollar (JMD) |
| Exports |
alumina, bauxite; sugar, bananas, rum |
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