Basic Geography  Capital-Kingston  Climate-Tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior  Natural Resources-Bauxite, gypsum, and limestone  Size-10,991 sq km  Terrain-Mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous costal plains  Borders-Caribbean Sea

Demographics and Economy  Population-2,825,928  Morality rate deaths/1,000 live births  Literacy rate-87.9%  GDP-$20.88 Billion  Exchange rates-Jamaican dollars per US dollar  Government and leadership- Constitutional parliamentary democracy and commonwealth realm

History  Independence-6 August 1962  Leaders-Bruce Golding, Portia Simpson- Miller, and Michael Williams

Society  Language/Religion-Protestant is main religion and English, English patois is language  Holidays-Independence Day, 6 August

Illicit Drugs  People in Jamaica transport cocaine and other drugs to North America, South America, and Europe. The government has a program that they send people out to get rid of marijuana and other drugs. Most of the government is corrupt, because of all the drugs they destroy they can keep it and make money off it to benefit themselves. Most of the deals are held in Jamaica. Colombians like to work with Jamaica when it comes to drugs.