Jamaica is an island nation located in the carribean sea, south of cuba and west of hispaniola. Jamaica is known to be tropical, hot, humid, with a temerature interior. The terrains are mostly mountains with a narrow and dicontinuos coastal plains.
The ethnic groups in Jamaica are 91.2 percent black, 6.29 percent, and 2.6 percent other or unknown. Jamaica has 18 different religions in total.Christianity is the largest religion in the island. The official language of Jamaica is english. They primarily speak english african creole language known as patois which has become knonw worldwide through reggea music.
Education in Jamaica is well established. the literacy in Jamaica is that from the age of 15 and over has already attended school. They have a system :
Early Childhood: infants and privatly operated preschool from the ages of under 2-5
Primary: publicly and privatly owned from the ages of 3-12 years
Secondary: privatly or publicly owned from the ages of 10- 19 years
Tertiary: this level of education is more towards college, university, the teachers etc.
The high-schools in Jamaica can sometimes be either single sex or co-educational institutions. Many schools follow the traditional english grammar school model. The educations is free from the early childhood up to the secondary.
The current government type in Jamaica is a constitutional parliamentary democracy and a common wealth realm. There legal system is based on english common law but it has not accepted cumpolsory ICJ jurisdiction. As for their suffrage you must be 18 or older to be able to vote, as it it universal.
The Jamaican economy is heavily dependent on services.The country continues to derive most of its foreign exchange from tourism, remittances, and bauxite/alumina.The Economic growth faces many challenges: high crime and corruption, large-scale unemployment and underemployment. The unempolyment rate is 12.9 percent.High unemployment exacerbates the crime problem, including gang violence that is fueled by the drug trade.The population below the poverty line is 16.5 percent.the Industries that they use in Jamiaca are:
tourism
bauxite/ alumina
agro processing
light manufactures
rum
cement
metal
paper
chemical products
telecommunicatins
The 1999 agreement to open the market for telecommunications services resulted in rapid growth in mobile-cellular telephone usage while the number of fixed-lines in use has declined; combined mobile-cellular teledensity exceeded 110 per 100 persons in 2009. There are now 302,300 islanders that use the main line, 2.971 million people who are have cell phones.
The broadcast media is a privately-owned Radio Jamaica Limited and its subsidiaries operate multiple television stations, subscription cable services, and radio stations; 2 other privately-owned television stations broadcast; roughly 70 radio stations.
As for the internet there are 3,099 host in totals and there are 1.581 users from the total of the population in jamaica.
The Jamaica defence force is the small but professional military force of jamaica. It is based on the military british model with organization, trainig, weapons and traditions closed aligned with common wealth realm.
The military branch is made up of, The jamaica defense froce, ground forces, coast gaurd, air wing. For you to join the military service you must be 18 years or older just to volunteer. If you are under age you must be conscripted with parential consent.
The transantion issue in Jamaica is illict drugs.Transshipment point for cocaine from South America to North America and Europe; illicit cultivation and consumption of cannabis; government has an active manual cannabis eradication program; corruption is a major concern; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Jamaica for illicit financial transactions
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