Popular locations in Jamaica

Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba

Population: 2,780,132 (July 2007 est.)

Religions: Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)

Languages: English, English patois

National holiday: Independence Day, 6 August (1962)

Currency (code): Jamaican dollar (JMD)

Exchange rates: Jamaican dollars per US dollar - 69.034 (2007), 65.768 (2006), 62.51 (2005), 61.197 (2004), 57.741 (2003)