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| Jamaica | ||||||
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| Motto: "Out of many, one people" | ||||||
| Anthem: "Jamaica, Land We Love" Royal anthem: "God Save the Queen" | ||||||
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| Capital (and largest city) | Kingston 17°59′N, 76°48′W | |||||
| Official languages | English | |||||
| Demonym | Jamaican | |||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy (Parliamentary democracy) | |||||
| - | Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||
| - | Governor-General | Kenneth Hall | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Bruce Golding | ||||
| Independence | ||||||
| - | from the United Kingdom | 6 August 1962 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 10,991 km² (166th) 4,244 ) sq mi | ||||
| - | Water (%) | 1.5 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | July 2005 estimate | 2,651,000 (138th) | ||||
| - | Density | 252/km² (49th) 653/sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $11.69 billion (131st) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $4,300 (114th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2005 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $9.730 billion (101st) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $3,658 (79th) | ||||
| Gini (2000) | 37.9 (medium) | |||||
| HDI (2004) | ||||||
| Currency | Jamaican dollar (JMD) | |||||
| Time zone | (UTC-5) | |||||
| Internet TLD | .jm | |||||
| Calling code | +1 876 | |||||
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 234 kilometres (146 mi) in length and as much as 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about 620 kilometres (385 mi) northeast of the Central American mainland, 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 190 kilometres (120 mi) west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking TaÃno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning either the "Land of Springs," or the "Land of Wood and Water". 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.