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Jamaica Education
Jamaica's
climate is tropical with constant warm to hot
temperatures all year round. The
official language of Jamaica is English. Jamaicans
primarily speak an English-African Creole language known
as Jamaican Patois, which has become known widely
through the spread of Reggae music. The Jamaican Dollar, ISO Code JMD, is
the official currency of Jamaica. The Jamaican dollar is
divided into 100 cents. As of May 2005, the exchange
rate was 61.040 Jamaican dollars to the US dollar. The population of Jamaica in 2003 was
estimated by the United Nations at 2, 651, 000, which
placed it as number 135 in population among the 193
nations of the world. In that year approximately 7% of
the population was over 65 years of age, with another
31% of the population under 15 years of age. Kingston is the capital and largest city
of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the
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