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Jamaica is an island country and of the Greater Antilles, 240 km long and up to 80 miles wide, located in the Caribbean Sea. It is 630 km from the Central American mainland, 150 km south of Cuba and 180 miles west of the island of Hispaniola, which are Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The first residents of the island were the Arawak, from South America, which arrived on the island between 1000 and 400 BC. It is believed that these people died after contact with Europeans, says that although there are those who have survived.
Jamaica was claimed as a Spanish possession after Christopher Columbus reached the island in 1494. Columbus used the island as a miniestado for his family. The British Admiral William Penn and General Venables took the island in 1655. In its first 200 years of British rule, Jamaica became the largest exporter of sugar from the world, producing 77000 tonnes per year between 1820 and 1824. This productivity will never be achieved without slave labor brought from Africa.
In the twentieth century, Jamaica was gaining independence from Britain in 1958 became a province of the Federation of the West Indies, bringing its total independence on August 6, 1962.
An important economic growth of about 6% a year marked its first 10 years of independence under conservative governments led by the prime ministers Alexander Bustamante, Donald Sangster and Hugh Shearer. This wine economic growth promoted by investments in bauxite, tourism, manufacturing, and to a lesser extent, agriculture. In 1972, a change of government did the economy slipped again coming to the end of 1982 where GDP was below the levels of 1972. External debt grew up under successive legislatures Michael Manley, accompanied by fiscal deficits, leading to the imposition of austerity measures by the International Monetary Fund. In 70 the two dominant political parties were linked to two rival gangs of Kingston, heavily armed. This, coupled with the increasing traffic in cocaine in the mid-80 led to violent situations. This has led to wars urban Kingston from 1990 to the present. Rural areas of the country are free of conflict.
The original capital of Jamaica was the Spanish town of Saint Catherine, the former colonial capital. The Spaniards renamed the city as Santiago de la Vega. In 1655 when the British took the island, most of the capital was burned by British troops. The city was rebuilt and called Spanish Town, as the capital remained on the island until 1872, when Kingston became the capital. In addition, Jamaica was the first republic founded (1623).
Capital: Kingston
Language: English
Slogan: “ Out of Many, One People”
National Athem: Jamaica, Land We Love
Form of government: Monarch contitucional parliamentary
Basic Indicators:
Infant Mortality Rate: 17%
Neonatal Mortality Rate: 10%
Total Popolution: 2651( thousands)
Annual Births: 52 ( thousands)
Annual Deaths: 1%
INB per Capita: 3400 ( thousands)
Crude Birth Rate: 20%
Crude Death Rate: 8%
Life Expectancy: 71%
Urban Population: 52%
Annual Rate of Urban Population Gowth: 0.8%
Jamaica is an island country and of the Greater Antilles, 240 km long and up to 80 miles wide, located in the Caribbean Sea. It is 630 km from the Central American mainland, 150 km south of Cuba and 180 miles west of the island of Hispaniola, which are Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The first residents of the island were the Arawak, from South America, which arrived on the island between 1000 and 400 BC. It is believed that these people died after contact with Europeans, says that although there are those who have survived.
Jamaica was claimed as a Spanish possession after Christopher Columbus reached the island in 1494. Columbus used the island as a miniestado for his family. The British Admiral William Penn and General Venables took the island in 1655. In its first 200 years of British rule, Jamaica became the largest exporter of sugar from the world, producing 77000 tonnes per year between 1820 and 1824. This productivity will never be achieved without slave labor brought from Africa.
In the twentieth century, Jamaica was gaining independence from Britain in 1958 became a province of the Federation of the West Indies, bringing its total independence on August 6, 1962.
An important economic growth of about 6% a year marked its first 10 years of independence under conservative governments led by the prime ministers Alexander Bustamante, Donald Sangster and Hugh Shearer. This wine economic growth promoted by investments in bauxite, tourism, manufacturing, and to a lesser extent, agriculture. In 1972, a change of government did the economy slipped again coming to the end of 1982 where GDP was below the levels of 1972. External debt grew up under successive legislatures Michael Manley, accompanied by fiscal deficits, leading to the imposition of austerity measures by the International Monetary Fund. In 70 the two dominant political parties were linked to two rival gangs of Kingston, heavily armed. This, coupled with the increasing traffic in cocaine in the mid-80 led to violent situations. This has led to wars urban Kingston from 1990 to the present. Rural areas of the country are free of conflict.
The original capital of Jamaica was the Spanish town of Saint Catherine, the former colonial capital. The Spaniards renamed the city as Santiago de la Vega. In 1655 when the British took the island, most of the capital was burned by British troops. The city was rebuilt and called Spanish Town, as the capital remained on the island until 1872, when Kingston became the capital. In addition, Jamaica was the first republic founded (1623).
Capital: Kingston
Language: English
Slogan: “ Out of Many, One People”
National Athem: Jamaica, Land We Love
Form of government: Monarch contitucional parliamentary
Basic Indicators:
Infant Mortality Rate: 17%
Neonatal Mortality Rate: 10%
Total Popolution: 2651( thousands)
Annual Births: 52 ( thousands)
Annual Deaths: 1%
INB per Capita: 3400 ( thousands)
Crude Birth Rate: 20%
Crude Death Rate: 8%
Life Expectancy: 71%
Urban Population: 52%
Annual Rate of Urban Population Gowth: 0.8%
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