Country Facts

Government:                                           Constitutional monarchy, The Queens is Head-of-State and appoints a Governor-General to oversea.

Monarch:                                                 Queen Elizabeth 11

Governor-General Honorable:                Sir. Patrick Allen

Prime Minister:                                        Honorable Portia Simpson-Miller MP (PNP)

Major Political Parties:                             People’s National Party (PNP) and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)

Type of Government:                               Democracy, Independence: August 6, 1962.

 

Language:                                                English, Patois (spoken as slang not law)

Population:                                               2.8 Million (2011 est.)

Education:                                                Free public school up to age 16.

Capital City:                                              Kingston

Dialing Code:                                            876

National anthem:                                      Jamaica, Land We Love

 

Currency:                                                  Jamaican dollar (JMD) $140 JMD to the UK pound and $87 JMD to the US dollar (exchange rate varies)

 

Area:                                                           10, 991 sq km (234 km-length & 80 km-with) & the 4th largest island in the Caribbean totaling                                                                              4,244 sq mile.

 

Counties and Parishes:                         Jamaica is separated into three counties (Cornwall, Middlesex & Surrey). The counties are made up of fourteen parishes.

Area Code:                                             876

Major Phone Carrier:                              LIME and Digecel