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JAMAICA

Area - 10,957 sq km / 4,230 sq ml

Capital - Kingston

Language - English, Jamaican Creole

Currency - Jamaican Dollar

Population - 2,695,867

Life expectancy - 71 (men), 76 (women)

Literacy rate - 98%

Religions - Protestant 70%, Rastafarian

Physical features - mountainous tropical island, the haze over the Blue Mountains gives them their name

Ethnic distribution - 80% of African decent, 15% of mixed Afro-European origin

Exports - sugar, bananas, bauxite, rum, cocoa, coconuts, cigars, liqueurs, citrus fruits, alumina, gypsum, tourism

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