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🗺️ Kingston, Jamaica
Capital city
📍 18.0179°, -76.8099°View larger map →
📍 Essential Info
CapitalKingston
TimezoneUTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population2.9M
LanguagesEnglish, Jamaican patois
Governmentparliamentary democracy (Parliament) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideLeft
Electrical PlugsVaries
Internet Code.jm
Internet Users83%
GDP per Capita$10,300
🌍 Geography
LocationCaribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba
Size Comparisonabout half the size of New Jersey; slightly smaller than Connecticut
Climatetropical; hot, humid; temperate interior
Terrainmostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsBlack 92.1%, mixed 6.1%, East Indian 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified 0.7% (2011 est.)
ReligionsProtestant 64.8% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 12.0%, Pentecostal 11.0%, Other Church of God 9.2%, New Testament Church of God 7.2%, Baptist 6.7%, C...
Median Age28.8 years
Life Expectancy76.3 years
National HolidayIndependence Day, 6 August (1962)
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Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook