Jamaica

Jamaica is known to have an everlasting climate and fascinating geographical features. Jamaica is located in the Caribbean Sea and is a member of a chain of Islands known as the Greater Antilles. The other countries in this chain are Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Cayman Islands. Jamaica is the third largest country out of all of them with the area of 4,244 mi2. Interestingly enough, Jamaica is the exact size of Connecticut! The Caribbean Sea is the body of water that completely…

Jamaica is an Island located in the Caribbean Sea. Of all the Greater Antilles islands, it is the third largest. The island is situated a hundred and forty-five kilometers south of Cuba and a hundred and ninety-one kilometers west of Hispaniola. Given its immense size of 10, 990 square kilometers, Jamaica is the fourth largest island country in the Caribbean. The Gross Domestic Product of Jamaica was worth 14.03 billion US dollars in the year 2016. Put on the global spectrum, Jamaica’s GDP…

Some of the most important natural resources for the island of Jamaica are sugar, bananas, coffee, and cocoa. Jamaica is one of the world’s largest producers of bauxite. Those resources are only 4 of many other natural resources. Some other natural resources such as , crude oil, clay, and limestone help benefit their country. Those resources help benefit their country by making cement, creating large or small industries. Also they help create new jobs for people. The trees in Jamaica’s many…

Jamaica is an upper middle income country with the largest population in the Caribbean. For decades, Jamaica has fought with low development, high government debt that are declining the country’s economy. Over the last 30 years, real per capita GDP improved at an average of just one percent per year, making Jamaica one of the slowest growing developing countries in the world. The government increasingly collected debt, which stretched to 145 percent of GDP in 2012. As of 1 January 2017, the…

Rastafarian are stuck and set in they ways to an extent that any other groups viewpoints are dismissed violently, that is one of the reasons why persons that seek to domicile in the continent of Jamaica find it difficult to fit comfortably and settle, it’s either they way or well, they way. In addition marijuana is legalized because they believe it enhances their spiritual growths ascension and in essence leads to the motivation for they utopian mindset which I assume is probably the reason…

Jamaica Kincaid was originally Elaine Potter Richardson, an islander from Antigua. While living in Antigua, she received a British education and performed at the top of her class. She was the first of four children. Her relationship with her mother tumbled downhill once she began to birth her three sons. At age 16 she left Antigua, became an au pair, and went on to pursue her writing career while in college. Her family rejected her writing. It was then that she changed her name to Jamaica…

Jamaica: What’s on When January Accompong Maroon Festival This festival is held in Accompong, a historic Maroon village in St. Elizabeth. The celebration takes place on the birthday of Maroon hero, Captain Cudjoe, and commemorate the signing of a peace treaty between the Maroons and the British Empire in 1739. The festival includes a parade, Maroon ceremonies and feasts, as well as traditional singing, dancing, drumming and story-telling. February Bob Marley Week This annual festival is held…

about 9 miles from Cuba. Jamaica is located about 100 miles west from Haiti. The island Jamaica is much smaller then Connecticut. In Jamaica has internet and Wi-Fi only in certain spots of the island. There is tv and radio on most of the island. All of this is ran by one company. They also use cars, bikes, and buses for transportation. Too ship and trade foods and goods the people in Jamaica use ships, trucks, and plane. Jamaica is a hot and tropical climate and Jamaica is like a big rain…

America but my entire family is Jamaican. Jamaica, also known as the land of wood and water, is a very small island in the West Indies, which is surrounded by Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. As stated in this article “ Whether they are the descendants of the colonists or recent immigrants from the Middle East, people of all nationalities live and work together in Jamaica. Cultures have been mingling on Jamaica's shores for hundreds of years.“ Jamaica is not just made up blacks it…

Where are you from? I’m from Jamaica, the land of white sand beaches. Jamaica is a mountainous island. It is also located in the Caribbean Sea. I lived there for eleven years and it was always fun. Majority of Jamaicans are descendants of africans. Even though most are descendants of africans there people who are descendants of indians, chinese and eastern europeans. Some of the things I love about Jamaica is: the white sand beaches, the people and the history. Jamaica’s white sand…