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Land
Area: 10,991 sq km (4,244 sq mi).
Capital City - Kingston
Largest city - Kingston (1987 est. pop., 646,400).
Elevations
Highest--Blue Mountain, 2,256 m (7,402 ft)
Lowest--sea level, along the coast.
People
Population (1992 est.): 2,506,701
Population Density: 228 persons per sq km (591 per sq mi).
Distribution (1992): 51% urban, 49% rural.
Annual growth (1992): 0.9%.
Languages: English, Creole (Patois)
Major religions: Anglicanism, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism.
Education And Health
Literacy (1990): 98% of adult population.
Life expectancy (1992): women--76; men--72.
Infant mortality (1992): 18 per 1,000 live births.
Labor distribution (1990):
Economy
GDP (1991 est.): $3.6 billion; $1,400 per capita.
Foreign trade (1991): imports--$1.8 billion; exports--$1.2 billion
Principal Trading Partners:
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- Venezuela
- Japan
- Trinidad and Tobago.
Currency: 1 Jamaican dollar = 100 cents.
Government
Type: independent state within the Commonwealth.
Government Leaders
Howard Cooke--Governor-General
Percival J. Patterson--Prime Minister.
Legislature: Parliament.
Political subdivisions: 14 parishes.
Communications
Roads (1988): 4,738 km (2,944 mi)
Primary; 11,690 km (7,264 mi) Secondary; 1,497 km (930 mi).
Major ports: 2.
