Jamaica: A First Look into the “Land of Springs”

       Jamaica is an island country located in the Greater Antilles that is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is Kingston. At Jamaica's North we can find Cuba and at its East, Haiti and Dominican Republic. The island is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the fifth-largest island country in the Caribbean Sea.

         

       The Flag of Jamaica was originally adopted on August 6, 1962, the Independence Day of Jamaica. The meaning of the colors has changed a lot as the time passed by. The present meaning is green for the lush vegetation; gold for the golden sunshine and black for the strength and creativity of the people which has made them get over all difficult.

                        

The official language in Jamaica is a kind of English that has elements of African languages and Native American words with a reformed grammar. This mix grants a different accent to this English that is named Jamaican Patois.

The majority of Jamaican population is black (91.2%), but it has mix-raced people (6.2%) and other ethnics (2.4%) constituting 2,889,187 people. The diversity of religions is considerable large (but they are most Christian) with Protestant (62.5 %), Catholic (2.6%), others didn’t have specify their religion (14.2%) and other just don’t have any religion (20.7%).

                                      

     The dollar has been the currency of Jamaica since 1969.