On Jamaica

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Americas Program: Focus on the Carribean

OVERVIEW

Official Name: Jamaica
Capital: Kingston
Type of Government: Constitutional Democracy
Head of State: Queen ELIZABETH II; Represented by Governor General Kenneth O. HALL
Head of government: Prime Minister Bruce GOLDING
Foreign Minister: Kenneth BAUGH
Population: 2,804,332 (July 2008 estimate)
Land Area: 10,831 sq km
Gross Domestic Product (GDP):
Per capita: $7,700 (2007 estimate)
Purchasing power parity (PPP): $20.67 billion (2007 estimate)
Government Website: www.jis.gov.jm
Ambassador to the U.S: Anthony JOHNSON
Washington Embassy Address:
1520 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Deputy Chief of Mission (in Washington): Sharob MILLER
Washington Embassy Website: www.embassyofjamaica.org
U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica: Brenda LaGrange JOHNSON
U.S. Embassy Website in Jamaica: kingston.usembassy.gov

Source: CIA World Factbook.

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