This document provides information about the geography of Jamaica. It discusses Jamaica's location in the Caribbean near the Tropic of Cancer. It provides facts about Jamaica's size, population, capital, languages, and religion. It notes details about Jamaica's currency, president, and national animal. It describes Jamaica's government structure, flag, exports, imports and physical geography. It mentions natural disasters and human impacts on the environment in Jamaica. It provides statistics about Jamaica's population density, literacy rate, birth and death rates. It also lists some significant cultural festivals in Jamaica. The document concludes with a bibliography of sources used.

2. Location of Jamaica
• Jamaica is Located in the Caribbean which is
in the middle of south and North America.
Jamaica is also located near the edge the
tropic of Cancer.

3. Jamaica snapshot:
• The size of Jamaica is about 10,831 Km
squared where as Australia is 7,682,300 Km
squared
• Jamaica has 2,827,602 people.
• The capital of Jamaica is Kingston which is
near the south end of Jamaica.
• The most popular language spoken in
Jamaica is English.
• In Jamaica the most common religion is
Christianity.

4. :National animal, President and currency
• The currency of Jamaica is the Jamaican
dollar. The person on the Jamaican dollar is
Sir Alexander Bustamante. Sir Alexander is
one of the Jamaican national heroes.
• The current president of Jamaica is Andrew
Michael Holness. He has only two more years
as president.
• The National Animal of Jamaica Is the red
billed streamertail. This Bird mainly lives in
the east of Jamaica. The Black billed
streamertail (the pest) lives in the west of
Jamaica.

5. Government, flag, exports and imports
• The government of Jamaica is a
parliamentary democracy under a
constitutional monarchy.
• The flag was made in July 1776, the
Jamaican flag has a golden X and two
green and black triangles.
• The Jamaican flag symbolizes the
strength of the Jamaican people. The
gold represents the countries natural
wealth and sunlight. Green represents
hope for the future and rich in farming.
Exports imports
1. Food and other
consumers
1. aluminum
2. Industrial
supplies
2. bauxite
3. fuel 3. sugar
4. Parts and
accessories of
capital goods
4. rum
5. Machinery and
transport
equipment
5. beverages
6. Construction
materials
6. chemicals

6. Physical Features of Jamaica
• Jamaica can be split into three land form Types: The eastern
mountains, the central valleys and plateaus and the costal
plains. The most elevated area in Jamaica is the Blue
Mountain in eastern Jamaica. The island is ringed with
numerous bays, small cays, islands and white-sandy beaches.
• The limestone plateau covers two thirds of Jamaica. To the
west of the mountains is the rugged terrain of the cockpit
country. It’s a harsh, dramatic landscape with endless hills.
Jamaica has 100 rivers, however most rivers are small,
unexplored and navigable. Many rivers are underground rivers
and run through the limestone region.
• The average temperature in Jamaica is 82 degrees and as it
becomes afternoon it becomes hotter.

7. Significant natural
Disasters
• there are multiple
significant disasters
like tsunamis, bush
fires and floods.
Jamaica once had a
Earthquake that
reached a magnitude
of 3.3 .This happened
September 17 2018.

8. Impact of humans on the
Environment
• Jamaica is having a lot of human
impact in the country. Such as
heavy deforestation, coastal
waters polluted by industrial
waste, sewage, oil spills, damage
to coral reefs and air pollutions
in Kingston from car and boat
emissions.

9. Human Geography
• The population density of Jamaica is 2,827,602
million people.
• The most recent survey conducted by the Statistical
Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) showed that Jamaica’s
literacy rate is an impressive 89% overall. The male
literacy rate came out at 84% and the female at
93%. This puts Jamaica second to Italy who is the
highest in the world at 99%.
• Jamaica's average death rate is: 7 out of 1,000
people die. The average birth rate of Jamaica is: 18
births out of 1,000 people.

10. Jamaican Events
• Jamaica throw a lot of festivals or events such as:
Bob Marly week:
February 6th.
Fans from all around the world
and Jamaica come to celebrate
Bob Marley week. The reason for
this event was Bob Marley’s
death.
Trelawny Yam
Festival: Easter
Monday.
The Trelawny Yam festival started
in 1997 as a way to fundraise and
support the local community.
There are over 18 different types
of Yam. In 2004 the Yam festival
had over 18,000 people attend.
Portland Jerk
Festival: July 3rd.
Portland jerk festival is a great
chance to try some of the
delicious and diverse Jamaican
cuisines. In addition , you can
get a taste of Jamaican music.
Jamaican jerk is a style of spicy
cooking native to Jamaica.
Bacchanal Jamaica
Carnival: January
1st-February 28th.
The growth of the Carnival in
Jamaica over the years has helped
to make it Kingston’s most popular
festival. The annual Jamaican
Carnival hosts events featuring
local and international soca and
calypso artists.
There are Road Marches, a
costumed street parade and people
enjoy soca, calypso and reggae
music.

11. Bibliography
Owner of website Year published Title of website URL (Web address)
Face 2 face Africa https://face2faceafrica.com
Hello Travel, www.hellotravel.com
Kimberly small 2018 The Gleaner www.jamaica-gleaner.com
Caribbean Blue Book www.caribbeanbluebook.com
Trip Savvy www.tripsavvy.com
Jamaica information service https://jis.gov.jm
Jamaican adventure guide 2003 Jamaica overview https://jamaicans.com
2018 Index mundi www.indexmundi.com
2018 My-island-Jamaica.com https://www.my-island-jamaica.com
Always updating site countymeters https://countrymeters.info
2018 Index mundi https://www.indexmundi.com
World atlas www.worldatlas.com