JAMAICA

General Statistics

• Population: 2,930,050
• Infant Mortality Rate: 13.69 deaths per 1,000 live births
• Life Expectancy: 73.48 years
• Literacy Rate: 87%

Government and Flag

• The government is a constitutional parliamentary democracy
• The flag has three colors: Yellow, Green, and Black
• Yellow stands for sunshine
• Green stands for the island, and green grasses
• Black stands for creativity

National Anthem

• The national anthem is called: Jamaica, Land We Love
• The music and lyrics is by: Hugh Sherlock and Robert Lightbourne
• The song was adopted by Jamaica in 1962

GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

• GDP OER (Official Exchange Rate): $14.39 billion
• GDP per Capita: $9,000
• GDP is that is measures the value of goods and services
• What GDP means about Jamaica is: that it is not a very wealthy country

Industries

• Exports Commodities: alumina, bauxite, sugar, rum, coffee, yams
• Industries: tourism, bauxite, agricultural processing, rum, cement, metal
• Imports Commodities: Machinery and Transport, Construction Materials

Culture

• Food: Jerk Chicken, Baked Ripe Banana, Gizzada
• Women in Jamaica are not really included in the society
• They help mostly with cooking, and raising the children
• Holidays celebrated are: New Years, Christmas, and Jamaican Independance
• Independence Day is on: August 6

Usain Bolt

• He was born on August 21, 1986, in Trelawny Jamaica
• He was acknowledged as a runner at age fourteen
• He has won 6 Olympic medals (3 gold), and has set three world records
• He is known as the worlds fastest man because of the records he has set
• He now lives in Kingston Jamaica                                           

Bob Marley

• Bob Marley was born in 1945, in 9 miles, St. Ann, Jamaica
• He died in Miami on May 11, 1981 at age 36
• He died of cancer, and his life was short, but eventful
• He was an activist, and he wanted to see change in the world 
• He wrote about 230 songs and many were written as an activist

Marcus Garvey

• He was born in Jamaica on August 17, 1887
• He was a Black-rights acitivist
• He believed that everybody who had come from Africa should go back
• He also believed that they should have more rights
• He died on June 10, 1940