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COUNTRY FACTS
 
Population: 
2,665,636 (July 2001)
 
Location:
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba
 
Area:
10,990 sq km
 
Language:
English, Creole
 
Literacy:
85% (by definition, total population age 15 or older)
 
Compulsory Education:
No information is available
 
Currency:
Jamaican dollar (JMD)
 
Source:  UNESCO IBE Database and World Fact Book, CIA

 
This country profile was developed by WES with funding from the Government of Ontario.

Revised: 05/06/2004
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