{"id":362015,"date":"2026-05-02T16:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=362015"},"modified":"2026-05-02T16:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:45:09","slug":"key-facts-about-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In a significant step towards strengthening India-Caribbean relations, India has deployed its flagship Aarogya Maitri portable healthcare infrastructure in Jamaica.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Key Facts about Jamaica<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.worldatlas.com\/r\/w1200\/upload\/b6\/fd\/7f\/jm-01.png?resize=265%2C292&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jamaica \" width=\"265\" height=\"292\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: World Atlas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jamaica<\/strong> i<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s an <strong>island country<\/strong> of th<\/span>e <b>West Indies.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the<\/span><b> west-central Caribbean<\/b> in the <b>Greater Antilles archipelago.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>third-largest island in the Caribbean Sea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Boundaries: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is situated to the<\/span><b> south of Cuba;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the <\/span><b>west of the Hispaniola Islands (Haiti &amp; the Dominican Republic) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and to th<\/span><b>e northwest of the Cayman Islands.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Bordering sea: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is surrounded by the<strong> Caribbean Sea.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Capital: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its national capital is <strong>Kingston.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Geography: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is divided into<strong> three primary geographic regions<\/strong>: <\/span><b>the Coastal Plains, the Limestone Plateau, and the Blue Mountains.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Highest peak: Blue Mountain Peak <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the <\/span><b>highest point of the island.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many parts of Jamaica have<\/span><b> limestone landscapes with ridges, valleys, and sinkholes, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">especially in the<\/span><b> John Crow Mountains, Dry Harbour Mountains, and Cockpit Country.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Mountain ranges:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In the southwest, important mountain ranges include the<strong> Don Figuerero Mountains, Santa Cruz Mountains, and May Day Mountains.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>River: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Rio Minho is the longest river, a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bout 60 miles (100 km) long. The <\/span><b>Black River in the west and the Rio Cobre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are also important rivers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Climate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a<\/span><b> tropical climate, i<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nfluenced by the sea and steady northeast trade winds.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: In a significant step towards strengthening India-Caribbean relations, India has deployed its flagship Aarogya Maitri portable healthcare infrastructure in Jamaica. Key Facts about Jamaica Jamaica is an island country of the West Indies.\u00a0 Location: It is located in the west-central Caribbean in the Greater Antilles archipelago. 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