Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 240 kilometres (150 mi) in length and as much as 85 kilometres (50 mi) in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is 635 kilometres (391 mi) east of the Central American mainland, 150 kilometres (93 mi) south of Cuba, and 180 kilometres (112 mi) west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning either the "land of springs," or the "Land of wood and water." Formerly a Spanish possession known as Santiago, then the British West Indies Crown colony of Jamaica, the country's population is composed mainly of the descendants of former African slaves. It is the third most populous Anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada.

History

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The original Arawak or Taino people from South America first settled on the island between 1000 and 400 BC. Although some claim they became virtually extinct following contact with Europeans, others claim that some survived.

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@AlisonEDavis Jamaica media houses are slow in getting the suss! Darn it, it nuh buss yet!
Nickkihotty (Nicola Hawkes) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:17:44 -0000
@AlisonEDavis Jamaica media houses are slow in getting the suss! Darn it, it nuh buss yet!
Today is much warmer then yesterday. But it is hotter in Jamaica...I WANNA GO BACK!
Thurka (Thurka ) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:17:05 -0000
Today is much warmer then yesterday. But it is hotter in Jamaica...I WANNA GO BACK!
@carlaclavijo si en eso estoy.... y té de flor de jamaica
nellygarciam (Nelly Garcia Marquez) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:15:44 -0000
@carlaclavijo si en eso estoy.... y té de flor de jamaica
@IsThatBeautiful new years in jamaica ow
getfuteristic (Get Futeristic) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:13:41 -0000
@IsThatBeautiful new years in jamaica ow
Cvm news put a damper on my jerk trip ... Too much crime in Jamaica.
jamaicakevkev (jamaicakevkev) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:12:11 -0000
Cvm news put a damper on my jerk trip ... Too much crime in Jamaica.
DNA legislation: Jamaica moves to mandatory registration of father's name on birth certificates http://is.gd/5lp8E #tcot
dominionpundit (Dominion Pundit) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:11:17 -0000
DNA legislation: Jamaica moves to mandatory registration of father's name on birth certificates http://is.gd/5lp8E #tcot

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