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TRAVEL WARNING Country-specific safety information Crime Because of the high crime rate, increased caution is required, especially in the capital Kingston, but also in urban districts of the tourist centers of Montego Bay, Negril and Ocho Rios. It is not uncommon for theft or armed robbery to occur. Resistance is strongly discouraged in such cases […]
GENERAL Capital Kingston. Geography As a country located in North America according to militarynous, Jamaica, the summit of an underwater mountain range, is the third largest of the West Indies and is characterized by a mountain landscape. The Blue Mountain in the east is 2256 m high and slopes gradually to the west, some foothills […]
Everyday Life How do the Jamaicans live? Everyday life in Jamaica What is life like in Jamaica? In any case, it’s always pretty warm. You can walk around outside in a T-shirt and you don’t need a winter jacket here. In autumn, however, there is a risk of hurricanes and floods sometimes occur when it […]
Religious freedom prevails and religion has a strong position in society. Christianity dominates with over a hundred different communities. The rest breaks that many associate with Jamaica make up only one percent of the population. Most Jamaicans are Protestants. Most are Pentecostal and Seventh-day Adventists, followed by Baptists and Methodists, among others. The Anglican Church, […]
Jamaica is part of the tertiary mountain system that runs through the Antilles, and lies on the undersea ridge connecting Honduras with southern Hispaniola. The area has been submerged, and the older crystalline rocks are covered by thick limestone deposits, which now make up over half the area. Subsequent uplift, cracking and faults have left […]
The first literature in Jamaica was written by white colonists, with the exception of Francis Williams, a free black man who wrote poems in Latin and English in the 18th century. It is not until the 20th century that one can really speak of some Jamaican literature. Tom Redcam’s (eg, Thomas MacDermot) novels of the […]
Jamaica’s music is characterized by the meeting of African and European traditions. The island’s native inhabitants, the Taino Indians, as well as their music, were exterminated before the English conquered the island. Maroons, descendants of escaped slaves who established their own communities in the mountains, have preserved forms of music that to this day have […]
Jamaica is an island state south of Cuba. The island is part of the Great Antilles group and is the third largest island in the Caribbean after Cuba and Hispaniola. It is slightly larger than Rogaland. Jamaica is the fifth largest country in the Caribbean. The country was a British colony from 1665 to 1962. Jamaica is the third largest English-speaking country in North and South America. The capital and largest city is Kingston. National […]
