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country name: Jamaica
Area: 4411 sq miles (11,425 sq km)
Population: 2,652,689
Capital city: Kingston (population 800,000)
People: 76% African descent, 15%
Afro-European descent, 4% European, 3% East Indian &
Middle Eastern, 1% Afro-Chinese & Chinese
Language: English and patois
Religion: 80% Christian, including
revivalist cults such as Pocomania and
Rastafarianism
Government: Independent member of the
British Commonwealth
Prime Minister: PJ Patterson
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