Jamaica Area Code

+1 is the dialing code for Jamaica.

Jamaica in the Caribbean is strongly associated with reggae music and the rasta movement. Both music and religion have meant a lot to the Jamaicans’ identity and to the tourism on the island. The welfare systems are well developed, but the social problems are still great with poverty, drug addiction and high crime rates. The emigration from Jamaica is great, there are about as many Jamaicans living abroad as in their home country.

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Geography and climate

Jamaica Area Code

Jamaica is located in the Caribbean and is roughly the same size as Skåne. It is part of the Greater Antilles archipelago, along with the significantly larger islands of Cuba and Hispaniola (with Haiti and the Dominican Republic), as well as the US territory of Puerto Rico.

The central parts of Jamaica are mountainous and wooded, as are the east, where the Blue Mountains boast the highest peaks. To the west, the mountain country turns into a limestone plateau with partially difficult terrain. Cockpit Country in the northwest is a so-called karst landscape full of cavities, caves and underground streams. Along the coasts to the west and south, the country is flat. From the mountains flow many battle rivers.

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Jamaica has a tropical climate with high and even temperature all year round, although it is cooler at higher altitudes. The climate is characterized by the sea and the wind gusts from the northeast.

At the coasts it is constantly warm and humid, while the temperature in the mountains in their places can drop to just a few plus degrees.

Country Facts

Geography

Cultivated land 41.4 %
Land area 10991 km 2

Population and health

Population development 0.68 ‰
Urban population (Urbanization) 54.8 %
Death rate 6.7 per 1000 residents
Life expectancy: Women 75.24 years
Life expectancy: Men 71.93 years
Birth rate 18.16 births per 1000 residents
HDI index 0.719
Population 2950210
Infant mortality 13.37 deaths / 1000 births

Population Graph Source: Countryaah.com

Energy

Electricity, production 4041 million kWh
Energy consumption per resident 1036.3 kg. oil per resident
Natural gas, production million cubic meters
Crude oil, production million tons

Infrastructure

Internet users 49.8 per 100 residents
Mobile subscriptions 98 per 100 residents
Passenger cars 188 per 1000 residents

Business and economics

Unemployment 14% of the workforce
GDP 8800 per resident
Primary occupations 17 %
Secondary profession 19 %
Tertiary professions 64 %

The rainfall is unevenly distributed. The pass winds give the island’s northeast side about five times as much rain as the south coast. Precipitation occurs between May and November, but it mostly rains in the fall. Then hurricanes also often pull in over Jamaica. Earthquakes also occur.

FACTS – GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE

Surface

10,991 km2 (2018)

Time

Swedish –6 hours

Adjacent country (s)

Capital with number of residents

Kingston 584 600 (with suburbs)

Other major cities

Portmore 182,200, Spanish Town 162,000, Montego Bay 110,000 (Census 2011)

Highest mountain

Blue Mountain Peak (2,256 m asl)

Important rivers

Rio Minho, Black river, Rio Cobre

Largest lake

Average Precipitation / year

1980 mm (Kingston 800 mm)

Average / day

Kingston 24 °C (Jan), 27 °C (July)