The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jamaica:
Jamaica – sovereign island nation located on the Island of Jamaica of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea.[1] It is 234 kilometres (145 mi) long and 80 kilometres (50 mi) at its widest. It lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba and 190 kilometres (120 mi) west of the Hispaniola. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs".[2] 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.
Regions of Jamaica
List of ecoregions in Jamaica
Administrative divisions of Jamaica Administratively, Jamaica is divided into fourteen parishes. They are grouped into three historic counties, which have no administrative relevance (traditional capitals in parentheses):
Parish | Area km2 |
Population Census 2001 |
Capital | |
Cornwall County | ||||
1 | Hanover | 450.4 | 67,037 | Lucea |
2 | Saint Elizabeth | 1,212.4 | 146,404 | Black River |
3 | Saint James | 594.9 | 175,127 | Montego Bay |
4 | Trelawny | 874.6 | 73,066 | Falmouth |
5 | Westmoreland | 807.0 | 138,947 | Savanna-la-Mar |
Middlesex County | ||||
6 | Clarendon | 1,196.3 | 237,024 | May Pen |
7 | Manchester | 830.1 | 185,801 | Mandeville |
8 | Saint Ann | 1,212.6 | 166,762 | Saint Ann's Bay |
9 | Saint Catherine | 1,192.4 | 482,308 | Spanish Town |
10 | Saint Mary | 610.5 | 111,466 | Port Maria |
Surrey County | ||||
11 | Kingston (parish)(1) (2) | 21.8 | 96,052 | Kingston |
12 | Portland | 814.0 | 80,205 | Port Antonio |
13 | Saint Andrew(1) | 430.7 | 555,828 | Half Way Tree |
14 | Saint Thomas | 742.8 | 91,604 | Morant Bay |
Jamaica | 10,990.5 | 2,607,631 | Kingston |
(1) The parishes of Kingston and Saint Andrew together form the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation.
(2) The parish of Kingston does not encompass all of the city of Kingston. Most of the city is in the parish of St. Andrew.
Municipalities of Jamaica
Jamaica is a member of:[1]
Law of Jamaica
Local government in Jamaica
Sports in Jamaica