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Country: Jamaica (Jamaica), Jamaica in the Arawak Indians in the phrase "spring island" meant.Independence Day: August 6 (1962)National Day: August every year the first Monday (1962)Flag: a horizontal rectangle, the length and width ratio of 2:1.2 width equal to the width of the yellow flags along the diagonal will be divided into February 2 equivalent of the four triangles, from top to bottom for the green, about as black.Yellow on behalf of the country's natural resources and the sun, black symbol has to be faced and overcome the difficulties, the green symbolizes hope and the country's rich agricultural resources.National Emblem: logo for the middle shield emblem, a white shield with a red cross plane, five golden pineapple on the order of the Red Cross.Shield is an emblem of the top helmet, decorated with both sides huangbai Corolla logo;顶着helmet on a section of wood, wood is one of Zhezui on the crocodile.Shield emblem on both sides for the Indians, the right of the strong man Shouzhi a bow, the young woman left hand Wan Yi Kuang pineapple.Shoudai on the bottom of the English words "outstanding and a nation."National flower: "tree of life" to spendState leaders: Prime Minister Po Xiwa Erpatesen (Percival Patterson), 1992年3 was replaced by the Prime Minister post, 1993, re-elected three times.Physical Geography: 10,991 square kilometers.Located in the northwest Caribbean Sea, the East at Jamaica and Haiti, across the Strait, about 140 kilometers Beiju Cuba.The third largest island in the Caribbean.A coastline of 1,220 km.A tropical rain forest climate, the average temperature of 27 ℃.Population: 2.62 million (the end of 2001).Black and mixed black and white people accounted for more than 90 percent and the remainder are Indians, whites and Chinese.English as the official language.Most of the population Christian, minority Hindu and Jewish.Capital: Kingston (Kingston), population 970,000 (including the Countryside, 1998).Administrative Division: designated as Sanjun: Cornwall county, Middlesex County, Surrey.Also under Sanjun divided into 14 zones, Kingston and St. Andrew area to form a joint area, so in fact only 13 Central Government.District names are as follows: Kingston and St. Andrew's United, St. Thomas, Portland, San MA, Santa Ana, Trelawney, St. James, Hanover, Westmoreland, St. Elizabeth, Manchester, Kela Lun Deng, St. Catherine.History: The original Arawak Indians for the family residence.1494 Columbus discovered the island.1509 reduced to a colony of Spain.1655 British occupation of the island.End of the 17th century to the early 19th century, becoming one of the British slave market.1834 Britain announced the abolition of slavery.1866 became a British Crown Colony.1958 to participate in the West Indies Federation.1959 was granted internal autonomy.September 1961 to withdraw from the West Indies Federation.August 6, 1962 declaration of independence for the Commonwealth member countries.Politics: the current constitution on August 6, 1962 entered into force.The Constitution, the British Queen as head of state.The Governor is the Queen's representative, appointed by the Queen.The Governor is responsible for the appointment of the Prime Minister and the Ministers nominated by the Prime Minister, and the appointment of the Leader of the Opposition.By the Senate and House of Representatives of the Council for the state legislature, a five-year term.Cabinet is the executive body, the Prime Minister as head of government with executive power, accountable to parliament, the direct leadership of the cabinet.Economy: bauxite, sugar and tourism is Jamaica, the most important sector in the national economy and main source of foreign exchange earnings.Main resources are bauxite, reserves are approximately 1.9 billion tons, the world's third-largest bauxite producer.Other deposits are cobalt, copper, iron, lead, zinc and gypsum, and so on.Area of 265,000 hectares of forest, mostly Zamu.Bauxite mining smelters Jamaica is the most important industrial sector.In addition, food processing, beverage, tobacco, fabricated metal products, electronic equipment, building materials, chemical products and textiles and clothing, and other industries.Arable land area of about 270,000 hectares of forest area of the country's total area of about 20 percent.The main growing sugar cane and banana, there are other cocoa, coffee and red pepper, and so on.Tourism is Jamaica important sectors of the economy and the main source of foreign exchange.Press and Publications: major newspapers "Daily News" and "Evening Star", "Daily News" Evening News, the Daily "Jamaica Chronicle", "Voice of Jamaica" weekly, biweekly, "rising sun."Jamaica Information Agency: 1962 to set up.Government news agency.Jamaica News Service: 1979 set up.Is the official news agency, attached to the Department of Public Information.Radio and television stations are: 1959 for the establishment of the Government of Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, the Board of Trustees appointed by the Government leadership.With radio and television.Radio, one Taiwan, Taiwan and the radio all day.For commercial television stations, broadcast 140 hours per week.In 1950 the establishment of the Jamaica station, a joint venture by 21 groups run radio throughout the day.Diplomacy: pursue an independent, non-aligned foreign policy, advocating the sovereign equality of States, non-interference in internal affairs, the promotion of international cooperation, advocate within the framework of the United Nations in resolving international disputes and oppose the use of force.To safeguard national sovereignty and attract foreign investment and tourists, to develop the international market, its diplomatic work is the main objective.Caribbean countries with the positive development of solidarity and cooperation, active participation of the Caribbean Community and the Association of Caribbean States and other regional organizations, and vigorously promoting the regional integration process.Giving priority to the development and the United States and other major western developed countries, actively participate in the FTAA negotiations, to strive for small economies of special treatment.Efforts to develop and Latin America, Asia, Africa and other developing countries of friendship and cooperation.Actively participate in the Non-Aligned Movement and United Nations Affairs.Relations with China: November 21, 1972, Jamaica established diplomatic relations with China.June 2005, Jamaican Prime Minister Patterson's visit to China.Reproduced: http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2002-06/23/content_453202.htm

Jamaica geographical coordinates (Google maps satellite map Landmark) finishing date: (2006/9/28 9:52:00)
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