north america • JAM
Jamaica
Location marker · geographic overview
18.25° N / 77.5° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Kingston
- Population
- 2,839,175 2024
- Area
- 10,991 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English, Jamaican Patois
- Currency
- Jamaican dollar (JMD)
- Geography
- Island country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation in the Caribbean that attracts sunseekers for its laid-back beach culture, and music fans on the trail of Jamaica's most famous son, reggae legend Bob Marley. Tourists flock to the island's northern coast, including the communities of Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and Port Antonio, and in Negril on the island's western tip.
Landscape & landmarks
Nine Mile - where Bob Marley was born and now buried. The journey up into the mountains lets you experience the heart of the country. Spend a day at Negril 7-Mile Beach and finish off at Rick's Cafe for a spectacular sunset and watch even more fantastic cliff diving.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Jamaican food is a mixture of Caribbean dishes with local dishes. Although Jamaican food gets a reputation for being spicy, local trends lean towards more versatile food variety. Some of the Caribbean dishes that you'll see in other countries around the region are rice and peas (which is cooked with coconut milk) and patties (which are called empanadas in Spanish speaking countries).Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-07-31. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Caribbean
- Calling code
- +1
- Internet domain
- .jm
- Land border codes
- None listed
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .jm. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.