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Jamaica (/dʒəˈmeɪkə/ ^ⓘ jə-MAY-kə; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka [dʒʌˈmie̯ka]) is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south of Cuba, 191 km (119 mi) west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and 215 km (134 mi) south-east of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory).

With 2.8 million people,0 Jamaica is the third most populous Anglophone country in the Americas (after the United States and Canada), and the fourth most populous country in the Caribbean. Kingston is the country's capital and largest city. Most Jamaicans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, with significant European, East Asian (primarily Chinese), Indian, Lebanese, and mixed-race minorities. Because of a high rate of emigration for work since the 1960s, there is a large Jamaican diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The country has a global influence that belies its small size; it was the birthplace of the Rastafari religion, reggae music (and such associated genres as dub, ska and dancehall), and it is internationally prominent in sports, including cricket, sprinting, and athletics. Jamaica has sometimes been considered the world's least populous cultural superpower. (Full article...)

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Portland in Jamaica

Portland, with its capital town Port Antonio, is a parish located on Jamaica's northeast coast. It is situated to the north of St Thomas and to the east of St Mary in Surrey County. It is one of the rural areas of Jamaica, containing part of the Blue Mountains, where the Jamaican Maroon communities of Moore Town and Charles Town are located. (Full article...)

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... that Antonette Wemyss Gorman, the first woman to fill a combat role in the Caribbean, was promoted to rear admiral and is Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force?
... that footballer Kameron Simmonds, who plays for Jamaica, only took up the sport after a gymnastics injury?
... that Gloria Cameron was the first native Jamaican in the UK to appear on the British television programme This Is Your Life?
... that the Carib Theatre in Kingston, Jamaica, was the British West Indies' first building to offer air conditioning upon its opening?
... that Rita Humphries-Lewin, a former chair of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, entered the industry as a secretary?
... that Because They Know Not by Jamaican novelist Alvin Gladstone Bennett describes itself as a "powerful story on the colour problem"?

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Patterson in 2005

Percival Noel James Patterson, ON, OCC, KC (born 10 April 1935), popularly known as P.J. Patterson, is a Jamaican former politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1992 to 2006. He served in office for 14 years, making him the longest-serving prime minister in Jamaica's history. He was the leader of the People's National Party from 1992 to 2006.

Patterson served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Westmoreland South Eastern from 1970 to 1980 (when he lost to Euphemia Williams of the Jamaica Labour Party) and again from 1989 to 1993. Following a constituency reorganization, he served as the MP for Westmoreland Eastern from 1993 to 2006. He retired from all of these positions in January 2006. (Full article...)

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Andrew Holness Bunny Wailer Peter Tosh Buju Banton Ken Boothe Grace Jones Ena Collymore-Woodstock Gladys Bustamante Portia Simpson-Miller Yellowman Anita Mahfood Charlie Chaplin (singer) Dennis Brown Jimmy Cliff Michael Lee-Chin Rico Rodriguez (musician) Prince Buster

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The following are images from various Jamaica-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Christopher Coke (from History of Jamaica)
Image 2Statue of Christopher Columbus, Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica (from History of Jamaica)
Image 3European colonies in the 18th-century Caribbean (from History of Jamaica)
Image 4Reconstruction of a Taíno village in Cuba (from History of Jamaica)
Image 5Sugar cane cutters in Jamaica, 1880 (from History of Jamaica)
Image 61866 lithography by French cartoonist Honoré Daumier showing British Governor John Peter Grant establishing his authority following the Morant Bay Rebellion (from History of Jamaica)
Image 7Marcus Garvey (from History of Jamaica)
Image 8Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site (batey), outlined with stones in Utuado, Puerto Rico (from History of Jamaica)
Image 9A Rastafarian man in a rastacap at a port of Jamaica's Black River. (from Culture of Jamaica)
Image 10Dujo, a wooden chair crafted by Taínos. (from History of Jamaica)
Image 11Sugar cane cutters in Jamaica, 1891 (from History of Jamaica)
Image 12English map from the 1600s (from History of Jamaica)
Image 13Easter Rebellion memorial 20231007 Claude Stuart Park (from History of Jamaica)
Image 14Fort Haldane, Jamaica heritage trail, (from History of Jamaica)
Image 15Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1972 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1992 (from History of Jamaica)
Image 16Fort Haldane Turntable Cannon 20231007 (from History of Jamaica)
Image 17An illustration of pre-1692 Port Royal (from History of Jamaica)
Image 18Port Maria Harbor, St Mary Parish (from History of Jamaica)
Image 19Cassava (yuca) roots, the Taínos' main crop (from History of Jamaica)
Image 20Leonard Parkinson, Maroon Leader, 1796 (from History of Jamaica)

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The Gun Court is the branch of the Jamaican judicial system that tries criminal cases involving firearms. The court was established by Parliament in 1974 to combat rising gun violence, and empowered to try suspects in camera, without a jury. The Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, and Resident Magistrate's Courts function as Gun Courts whenever they hear firearms cases. There is also a Western Regional Gun Court in Montego Bay. Those convicted by the Gun Court are imprisoned in a dedicated prison compound at South Camp in Kingston. Until 1999, the Gun Court sessions were also held in the same facility.

The long sentences of the Gun Court and its restrictions on the rights of the accused have given rise to constitutional challenges, some of which have been appealed to the Privy Council in London. These cases have resulted in some modifications to the court, but have upheld it on the whole. The Gun Court system has also been the target of criticism because of its lengthy delay in hearing cases, and the continuing rise in gun violence since its adoption. (Full article...)

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Jamaica national football team Henry Morgan Usain Bolt Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Jamaica Murder of Lenford Harvey Brian Williamson Bob Marley Maymie de Mena 1944 Jamaica hurricane Guava Jelly (song) Clayton Donaldson

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Buju Banton performing at New York's Apollo Theater during the 26th International Reggae & World Music Awards, 2007

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Ackee and saltfish, served with coleslaw

Ackee and saltfish is the Jamaican national dish prepared with ackee and salted codfish. (Full article...)

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Jamaican patty Hard dough bread Bammy Jerk (cooking) Bulla cake Jamaican cuisine Pickapeppa Sauce Rice and peas Ting (drink) Run down Solomon Gundy Stamp and Go Stew peas Red Stripe Cow cod soup Red Peas Soup Callaloo Roots wine Mannish water Baba Roots Toto (dessert) Festival (dumpling) Fish tea