[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jamaica \jamai"ca\, n.
   one of the west indian islands.
   1913 webster

   jamaica ginger, a variety of ginger, called also white
      ginger, prepared in jamaica from the best roots, which
      are deprived of their epidermis and dried separately.

   jamaica pepper, allspice.

   jamaica rose bot., a west indian melastomaceous shrub
      blakea trinervis, with showy pink flowers.
      1913 webster
see also:
jamaica ginger white ginger jamaica pepper jamaica rose blakea trinervis 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

jamaica
     n 1: a country on the island of jamaica; became independent of
          england in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is
          tourism
     2: an island in the west indies south of cuba and west of haiti

[3] : CIA World Factbook 2002

jamaica

   introduction jamaica
   --------------------
                            background: jamaica gained full independence
                                        within the british commonwealth in
                                        1962. deteriorating economic
                                        conditions during the 1970s led to
                                        recurrent violence and a dropoff in
                                        tourism. elections in 1980 saw the
                                        democratic socialists voted out of
                                        office. subsequent governments have
                                        been open market oriented. political
                                        violence marred elections during the
                                        1990s.
  
   geography jamaica
   -----------------
                              location: caribbean, island in the caribbean
                                        sea, south of cuba
                geographic coordinates: 18 15 n, 77 30 w
                        map references: central america and the caribbean
                                  area: total: 10,991 sq km
                                        land: 10,831 sq km
                                        water: 160 sq km
                    area - comparative: slightly smaller than connecticut
                       land boundaries: 0 km
                             coastline: 1,022 km
                       maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic
                                        baselines
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
                                        territorial sea: 12 nm
                                        continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge
                                        of the continental margin
                                        contiguous zone: 24 nm
                               climate: tropical; hot, humid; temperate
                                        interior
                               terrain: mostly mountains, with narrow,
                                        discontinuous coastal plain
                    elevation extremes: lowest point: caribbean sea 0 m
                                        highest point: blue mountain peak
                                        2,256 m
                     natural resources: bauxite, gypsum, limestone
                              land use: arable land: 16.07
                                        permanent crops: 9.23
                                        other: 74.7 1998 est.
                        irrigated land: 250 sq km 1998 est.
                       natural hazards: hurricanes especially july to
                                        november
          environment - current issues: heavy rates of deforestation;
                                        coastal waters polluted by
                                        industrial waste, sewage, and oil
                                        spills; damage to coral reefs; air
                                        pollution in kingston results from
                                        vehicle emissions
            environment - international party to: biodiversity, climate
                            agreements: change, climate change-kyoto
                                        protocol, desertification,
                                        endangered species, law of the sea,
                                        marine dumping, marine life
                                        conservation, nuclear test ban,
                                        ozone layer protection, ship
                                        pollution, wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      geography - note: strategic location between cayman
                                        trench and jamaica channel, the main
                                        sea lanes for the panama canal
  
   people jamaica
   --------------
                            population: 2,680,029 july 2002 est.
                         age structure: 0-14 years: 29.1 male 399,249;
                                        female 380,864
                                        15-64 years: 64.1 male 858,433;
                                        female 859,174
                                        65 years and over: 6.8 male
                                        81,321; female 100,988 2002 est.
                population growth rate: 0.56 2002 est.
                            birth rate: 17.74 births/1,000 population 2002
                                        est.
                            death rate: 5.45 deaths/1,000 population 2002
                                        est.
                    net migration rate: -6.65 migrants/1,000 population
                                        2002 est.
                             sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 males/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.05 males/female
                                        15-64 years: 1 males/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.81 males/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1 males/female
                                        2002 est.
                 infant mortality rate: 13.71 deaths/1,000 live births 2002
                                        est.
              life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.64 years
                                        female: 77.73 years 2002 est.
                                        male: 73.65 years
                  total fertility rate: 2.05 children born/woman 2002 est.
      hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate: 0.71 1999 est.
     hiv/aids - people living with hiv/ 9,900 1999 est.
                                  aids:
                     hiv/aids - deaths: 650 1999 est.
                           nationality: noun: jamaicans
                                        adjective: jamaican
                         ethnic groups: black 90.9, east indian 1.3, white
                                        0.2, chinese 0.2, mixed 7.3,
                                        other 0.1
                             religions: protestant 61.3 church of god
                                        21.2, baptist 8.8, anglican 5.5,
                                        seventh-day adventist 9,
                                        pentecostal 7.6, methodist 2.7,
                                        united church 2.7, brethren 1.1,
                                        jehovah's witness 1.6, moravian
                                        1.1, roman catholic 4, other,
                                        including some spiritual cults 34.7
                             languages: english, patois english
                              literacy: definition: age 15 and over has ever
                                        attended school
                                        total population: 85
                                        male: 80.8
                                        female: 89.1 1995 est.
  
   government jamaica
   ------------------
                          country name: conventional long form: none
                                        conventional short form: jamaica
                       government type: constitutional parliamentary
                                        democracy
                               capital: kingston
              administrative divisions: 14 parishes; clarendon, hanover,
                                        kingston, manchester, portland,
                                        saint andrew, saint ann, saint
                                        catherine, saint elizabeth, saint
                                        james, saint mary, saint thomas,
                                        trelawny, westmoreland
                          independence: 6 august 1962 from uk
                      national holiday: independence day, first monday in
                                        august 1962
                          constitution: 6 august 1962
                          legal system: based on english common law; has not
                                        accepted compulsory icj jurisdiction
                              suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      executive branch: chief of state: queen elizabeth ii
                                        since 6 february 1952, represented
                                        by governor general sir howard felix
                                        cooke since 1 august 1991
                                        head of government: prime minister
                                        percival james patterson since 30
                                        march 1992 and deputy prime
                                        minister seymour mullings since na
                                        1993
                                        cabinet: cabinet appointed by the
                                        governor general on the advice of
                                        the prime minister
                                        elections: none; the monarch is
                                        hereditary; governor general
                                        appointed by the monarch on the
                                        recommendation of the prime
                                        minister; prime minister and deputy
                                        prime minister appointed by the
                                        governor general
                    legislative branch: bicameral parliament consists of the
                                        senate a 21-member body appointed
                                        by the governor general on the
                                        recommendations of the prime
                                        minister and the leader of the
                                        opposition; ruling party is
                                        allocated 13 seats, and the
                                        opposition is allocated eight seats
                                        and the house of representatives 60
                                        seats; members are elected by
                                        popular vote to serve five-year
                                        terms
                                        elections: last held 18 december
                                        1997 next to be held by march 2002
  
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - na; seats by party - pnp
                                        50, jlp 10
                       judicial branch: supreme court judges appointed by
                                        the governor general on the advice
                                        of the prime minister; court of
                                        appeal
         political parties and leaders: jamaica labor party or jlp edward
                                        seaga; national democratic movement
                                        or ndm bruce golding; people's
                                        national party or pnp percival
                                        james patterson
          political pressure groups and new beginnings movement or nbm;
                               leaders: rastafarians black religious/racial
                                        cultists, pan-africanists
             international organization acp, c, caricom, ccc, cdb, eclac,
                         participation: fao, g-15, g-19, g-77, iadb, iaea,
                                        ibrd, icao, icftu, icrm, ifad, ifc,
                                        ifrcs, iho, ilo, imf, imo, interpol,
                                        ioc, iom observer, iso, itu, laes,
                                        nam, oas, opanal, opcw, un, unctad,
                                        unesco, unido, upu, wftu, who, wipo,
                                        wmo, wtoo, wtro
   diplomatic representation in the us: chief of mission: ambassador seymour
                                        mullings
                                        consulates general: miami and new
                                        york
                                        fax: 1 202 452-0081
                                        telephone: 1 202 452-0660
                                        chancery: 1520 new hampshire avenue
                                        nw, washington, dc 20036
     diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: ambassador sue
                                    us: mccourt cobb
                                        embassy: jamaica mutual life center,
                                        2 oxford road, 3rd floor, kingston 5
  
                                        mailing address: use embassy street
                                        address
                                        telephone: 1 876 929-4850
                                        through 4859
                                        fax: 1 876 926-6743
                      flag description: diagonal yellow cross divides the
                                        flag into four triangles - green
                                        top and bottom and black hoist
                                        side and outer side
  
   economy jamaica
   ---------------
                    economy - overview: the economy, which depends heavily
                                        on tourism and bauxite, has been
                                        stagnant since 1995. after five
                                        years of recession, the economy grew
                                        0.8 in 2000 and 1.1 in 2001, but
                                        the global economic slowdown,
                                        particularly in the united states
                                        after the 11 september terrorist
                                        attacks, has stunted the economic
                                        recovery. serious problems include:
                                        high interest rates; increased
                                        foreign competition; a pressured,
                                        sometimes sliding, exchange rate; a
                                        widening merchandise trade deficit;
                                        and a growing internal debt, the
                                        result of government bailouts to
                                        various ailing sectors of the
                                        economy, particularly the financial
                                        sector. depressed economic
                                        conditions have led to increased
                                        civil unrest, including a mounting
                                        crime rate. jamaica's medium-term
                                        prospects will depend upon
                                        encouraging investment, maintaining
                                        a competitive exchange rate, selling
                                        off reacquired firms, and
                                        implementing proper fiscal and
                                        monetary policies.
                                   gdp: purchasing power parity - $9.8
                                        billion 2001 est.
                gdp - real growth rate: 1.1 2001 est.
                      gdp - per capita: purchasing power parity - $3,700
                                        2001 est.
           gdp - composition by sector: agriculture: 7
                                        industry: 28
                                        services: 65 2000 est.
         population below poverty line: 34.2 1992 est.
     household income or consumption by lowest 10: 2.9
                      percentage share: highest 10: 28.9 1996
   distribution of family income - gini 36.4 1996
                                 index:
      inflation rate consumer prices: 6.9 2001 est.
                           labor force: 1.13 million 1998
           labor force - by occupation: services 60, agriculture 21,
                                        industry 19 1998
                     unemployment rate: 16 2000 est.
                                budget: revenues: $2.23 billion
                                        expenditures: $2.56 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $232.5 million fy99/00 est.
                            industries: tourism, bauxite, textiles, food
                                        processing, light manufactures, rum,
                                        cement, metal, paper, chemical
                                        products
     industrial production growth rate: -2 2000 est.
              electricity - production: 6.74 billion kwh 2000
    electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 89.44
                                        hydro: 3.22
                                        other: 7.34 2000
                                        nuclear: 0
             electricity - consumption: 6.27 billion kwh 2000
                 electricity - exports: 0 kwh 2000
                 electricity - imports: 0 kwh 2000
                agriculture - products: sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus,
                                        potatoes, vegetables; poultry,
                                        goats, milk
                               exports: $1.6 billion f.o.b., 2001 est.
                 exports - commodities: alumina, bauxite; sugar, bananas,
                                        rum
                    exports - partners: us 35.7, eu excluding uk 15.9,
                                        uk 13, canada 10.5 1999
                               imports: $3.1 billion f.o.b., 2001 est.
                 imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment,
                                        construction materials, fuel, food,
                                        chemicals, fertilizers
                    imports - partners: us 47.8, caricom countries 12.4,
                                        latin america 7.2, eu excluding
                                        uk 4.7 1999
                       debt - external: $5.2 billion 2001 est.
              economic aid - recipient: $102.7 million 1995
                              currency: jamaican dollar jmd
                         currency code: jmd
                        exchange rates: jamaican dollars per us dollar -
                                        47.277 december 2001, 45.996
                                        2001, 42.701 2000, 39.044
                                        1999, 36.550 1998, 35.404 1997
                           fiscal year: 1 april - 31 march
  
   communications jamaica
   ----------------------
         telephones - main lines in use: 353,000 1996
           telephones - mobile cellular: 54,640 1996
                       telephone system: general assessment: fully automatic
                                         domestic telephone network
                                         domestic: na
                                         international: satellite earth
                                         stations - 2 intelsat atlantic
                                         ocean; 3 coaxial submarine cables
               radio broadcast stations: am 10, fm 13, shortwave 0 1998
                                 radios: 1.215 million 1997
          television broadcast stations: 7 1997
                            televisions: 460,000 1997
                  internet country code: .jm
      internet service providers isps: 21 2000
                         internet users: 60,000 2000
  
   transportation jamaica
   ----------------------
                              railways: total: 272 km
                                        standard gauge: 272 km 1.435-
                                        m gauge; note - 207 km, belonging to
                                        the jamaica railway corporation,
                                        were in common carrier service but
                                        are no longer operational; the
                                        remaining track is privately owned
                                        and used to transport bauxite 2000
                              highways: total: 19,000 km
                                        paved: 13,433 km
                                        unpaved: 5,567 km 1997
                             waterways: none
                             pipelines: petroleum products 10 km
                     ports and harbors: alligator pond, discovery bay,
                                        kingston, montego bay, ocho rios,
                                        port antonio, rocky point, port
                                        esquivel longswharf
                       merchant marine: total: 1 ships 1,000 grt or over
                                        totaling 21,954 grt/25,250 dwt
                                        ships by type: petroleum tanker 1,
                                        includes some foreign-owned ships
                                        registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: latvia 2, united states
                                        2 2002 est.
                              airports: 35 2001
         airports - with paved runways: total: 11
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 3
                                        under 914 m: 5 2001
       airports - with unpaved runways: total: 24
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 2
                                        under 914 m: 22 2001
  
   military jamaica
   ----------------
                     military branches: jamaica defense force including
                                        ground forces, coast guard, and air
                                        wing, jamaica constabulary force
      military manpower - military age: 18 years of age 2002 est.
      military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 747,043 2002 est.
   military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 523,550 2002 est.
                               service:
           military manpower - reaching males: 27,729 2002 est.
                 military age annually:
         military expenditures - dollar $30 million fy95/96 est.
                                figure:
     military expenditures - percent of na
                                   gdp:
  
   transnational issues jamaica
   ----------------------------
              disputes - international: none
                         illicit drugs: major transshipment point for
                                        cocaine from south america to north
                                        america and europe; illicit
                                        cultivation of cannabis; government
                                        has an active manual cannabis
                                        eradication program; corruption is a
                                        major concern
  
                                       

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

jamaica, ia city, fips 39225
  location: 41.84550 n, 94.30719 w
  population 1990: 232 104 housing units
  area: 1.2 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 50128
jamaica, ny
  zip codes: 11430, 11432, 11433, 11434, 11435, 11436
jamaica, va
  zip codes: 23079
jamaica, vt
  zip codes: 05343

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

jamaica, ia -- u.s. city in iowa
   population 2000:    237
   housing units 2000: 114
   land area 2000:     0.457414 sq. miles 1.184698 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.457414 sq. miles 1.184698 sq. km
   fips code:            39225
   located within:       iowa ia, fips 19
   location:             41.846494 n, 94.307442 w
   zip codes 1990:     50128
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    jamaica, ia
    jamaica

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