About Jamaica
Jamaica is a country in the Caribbean, one of the 35 countries of the Americas on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Jamaica. In Arabic, the name is written جامايكا, and the capital كينغستون. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
The capital of Jamaica is Kingston. Kingston lies at about 18° north and 77° west. Jamaica has 2 official languages: English and Jamaican Patois. Its currency is the Jamaican Dollar, with the symbol $ and the international code JMD.
Jamaica covers about 10,991 square kilometres, which puts it 159th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It has no land border with any other country; the sea surrounds its territory on every side. Other countries in the Caribbean include Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Americas quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Jamaica with the other countries of the same region.