LAND
Area: 10,991 sq km (4,244 sq mi).
Capital: Kingston
Elevations: Highest - Blue Mountain, 2,256 m (7,402 ft), Lowest - sea level, along the coast.
PEOPLE
Population: 2,506,701 (1992 est.)
Density: 228 person per sq km (591 per sq mi)
Distribution: 51% urban, 49% rural (1992 est.)
Annual growth: 0.9% (1992)
Official language: English, Creole
Major religion: Anglicanism, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism
EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Literacy: 96% of adult population
Universities: 1 (1991)
Hospital beds: 5,303 (1989)
Physicians: 1,122 (1987)
Life expectancy: women 76, men 72 (1992)
Infant mortality: 18 per 1,000 live births. (1992)
ECONOMY
GDP: $3.6 billion (1991)
Labor distribution (1990)
Commerce and services: 18.2%
Agriculture: 22%
Industry: N/A
Foreign trade (1991)
Imports: $1.8 billion
Exports: $1.2 billion
Principal trade partners: US, UK, Canada, Venezuela, Japan, Trinidad and Tabago
Currency: $1 (Jamaican dollar) = 100¢ (cents)
GOVERNMENT
Type: Independent state within commonwealth.
Legislature: Parliament
Government leaders: Howard Cooke (1993)
Political subdivisions: 14 parishes
COMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: 339 km (221 mi) total (1989)
Roads: 4,738 km (2,944 mi) primary; 11,690 km (7,264 mi) secondary; 1,497 km (930 mi)
Major ports: 2
Major airfields: 2
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