Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean near North America. The aborigines in Jamaica are actually Indians, but now more than 90% of Jamaica's ethnic groups are African blacks, and the rest are mainly Murato. Jamaica is located in the northwest of the Caribbean Sea, with the north latitude 17.42 degrees18.3/kloc-0 degrees and the west longitude 76.1/kloc-0 degrees. It is an island country.

Jamaica Island is 234 kilometers long from east to west and 82 kilometers wide from north to south, with a land area of 1 1420 square kilometers, of which the land area is 1099 1 square kilometers. East of Jamaica Strait, facing Haiti, north of Cuba is about 145km. It is the third largest island in the Caribbean with a coastline of1220km. Jamaica ranks third in the West Indies, after Cuba and Haiti.

The full name is North Asia and America, located in the northern part of the western hemisphere. It is the second developed continent in the world, among which the American economy ranks first in the world, which has an important influence on the global economy and politics. Common English, followed by Spanish, French, Dutch, Hindi and so on.

It is adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Pacific Ocean in the west, the Arctic Ocean in the north, South America bounded by the Panama Canal, and Europe across the Danish Strait in the northeast. It is a part of the volcanic belt along the Pacific coast, and it is also a region with frequent and strong earthquakes in the world. The economic development in North America is very uneven. Except the United States and Canada are developed countries, all other countries are developing countries.

Jamaica economy:

Developed tourism is an important economic sector and the main source of foreign exchange. Tourism has developed rapidly, with 40,000 direct employees and 6,543.8+7,000 indirect employees, accounting for 23.5% of the total employed population. In 2006, the total number of inbound tourists was 30 15358, including overnight tourists 1678905 and cruise tourists 1336453, which increased by 15.3%, 13.5% and/kl respectively. Most foreign tourists come from the United States and Canada.

Jamaica is rich in rum and coffee. Rum is varied, some are high (dark) and some are low (light). They are raw materials for preparing various mixed wines. Blue mountain coffee flavored with world-famous TiaMaria wine and prestigious Jamaican old wine is the best after-dinner drink. Red ribbon is a good local beer. In addition, there are all kinds of fruit juices with unique flavors. Imported wine is very expensive.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jamaica