JAMAICA JAMAICA REGION CARIBBEAN NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 6 1962 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION AUGUST 6 1962 POPULATION 2652443 1999 EST AREA 4244 SQ MI CAPITAL KINGSTON FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY NATURAL RESOURCES BAUXITE LIMESTONE GYPSUM MAIN INDUSTRIES BAUXITE MINING TOURISM TEXTILES FOOD PROCESSING AGRICULTURE SUGARCANE BANANAS COFFEE CITRUS FRUITS POTATOES VEGETABLES POULTRY GOATS CURRENCY DOLLAR GDP 8.8 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 3300 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH CREOLE RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ROMAN CATHOLICISM TRADITIONAL BELIEF SYSTEMS LITERACY RATE 85 LIFE EXPECTANCY 73 YEARS MALE 78 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 21 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 5 PER 1000 POPULATION
