Caribbean/Jamaica

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Caribbean/Jamaica

• Culture, Food, Government, and History

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Climate

• The climate in the Caribbean is generally hot and
  humid. Average winter temperature 75 degrees and
  in summer 80 degrees. Mountain temperature 5 to
  10 degrees cooler. May, June, September, October
  are rainy months.

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Geography and Size

• It is the third largest Caribbean island
• Its measures 146 miles at widest point and 146
  miles long
• It is slightly smaller then Connecticut
• Area is 4, 244 sq. miles
• Volcanic origin
• Coastal plain
• Mountain ranges
• Interior hills

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Capital city

• Capital city of Jamaica is Kingston.

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General information

• Population 2.4 million
• Language English and combination of English
  and African words
• Religion Christianity in various denominations
• Location Jamaica is the third largest and most
  westerly English speaking island in the
  Caribbean, it is 90 miles south of Cuba and 550
  miles south of Miami.
• Government Constitutional parliamentary
  democracy.
• Industry tourism (restaurants, hotels),
  agriculture (sugar, condensed milk, rum edible
  oils, cigars), and minerals.

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Food

• The food in Jamaica consists of a cuisine of
  spicy, colorful foods that include salt fish
  rice and peas jerk chicken, fish and pork
  curried goat pepper pot soup roasted yams
  bananas fritters salads fruit and exotic
  desserts.

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Types of food
Ribs with guava
Steak
Seafood
Jerk Chicken Pasta
Key Lime Pie
Chicken