Outline of Jamaica

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jamaica:
Jamaica - sovereign island nation located on the Island of Jamaica of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. It is long and at its widest. It lies about south of Cuba and west of the Hispaniola. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs". Formerly a Spanish possession known as Santiago, it later became the British West Indies Crown colony of Jamaica. It is the third most populous anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada.

General reference

Pronunciation:
Common English country name: Jamaica
Official English country name: Jamaica
Common endonym:
Official endonym:
Adjectival: Jamaican
Demonym:
Etymology: Name of Jamaica
International rankings of Jamaica
ISO country codes: JM, JAM, 388
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:JM
Internet country code top-level domain: .jm

Geography of Jamaica

Jamaica is...
* an island
* a country
** an island country
** a nation state
** a Commonwealth realm
Location:
* Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
** North America
* Atlantic Ocean
** North Atlantic
*** Caribbean
**** Antilles
***** Greater Antilles
* Time zone: UTC-05
* Extreme points of Jamaica
** High: Blue Mountain Peak
** Low: Caribbean Sea 0 m
* Land boundaries: none
* Coastline: Caribbean Sea 1,022 km
Population of Jamaica: 2,714,000 - UN Estimate 137th most populous country
Area of Jamaica: 10,991 km² - 166th largest country
Atlas of Jamaica

Environment of Jamaica

Climate of Jamaica
Renewable energy in Jamaica
Geology of Jamaica
Protected areas of Jamaica
* Biosphere reserves in Jamaica
* National parks of Jamaica
Wildlife of Jamaica
* Fauna of Jamaica
** Birds of Jamaica
** Mammals of Jamaica
Effects of Hurricane Charley in Jamaica

Natural geographic features of Jamaica

Regions of Jamaica

Ecoregions of Jamaica

List of ecoregions in Jamaica

Ecoregions in Jamaica

Administrative divisions of Jamaica

Administrative divisions of Jamaica
Administratively, Jamaica is divided into fourteen parishes. They are grouped into three historic counties, which have no administrative relevance :

Surrey yellow
Middlesex pink
Cornwall green

The parishes of Kingston and Saint Andrew together form the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation.

The parish of Kingston does not encompass all of the city of Kingston. Most of the city is in the parish of St. Andrew.