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   When did Jamaica become a country?

   • Jamaicans achieved independence from the United Kingdom on 6 August 1962. With 2.8 million people, Jamaica is the third most populous Anglophone country in the Americas (after the United States and Canada ), and the fourth most populous country in the Caribbean. Kingston is the country's capital and largest city.

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   Who was the first European to see Jamaica?

   • Christopher Columbus was the first European to see Jamaica, claiming the island for Spain after landing there in 1494 on his second voyage to the Americas. His probable landing point was Dry Harbour, called Discovery Bay, and St. Ann's Bay was named "Saint Gloria" by Columbus, as the first sighting of the land.

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   Is Jamaica a colonial country?

   • The island’s various Spanish, French, and English place-names are remnants of its colonial history. The great majority of its people are of African ancestry, the descendants of slaves brought by European colonists. Jamaica became independent from the United Kingdom in 1962 but remains a member of the Commonwealth. Blue Mountains, eastern Jamaica.

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   What does Jamaica stand for?

   • For other uses, see Jamaica (disambiguation). Jamaica ( / dʒəˈmeɪkə / ⓘ jə-MAY-kə; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka [dʒʌˈmie̯ka]) is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola —of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean.

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   2 days ago · Jamaica. Christopher Columbus, who first sighted the island in 1494, called it Santiago, but the original indigenous name of Jamaica, or Xaymaca, has persisted. Columbus considered it to be “the fairest isle that eyes have beheld,” and many travelers still regard it as one of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean.

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   1 day ago · Jamaica (/ dʒ ə ˈ m eɪ k ə / ⓘ jə-MAY-kə; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka [dʒʌˈmie̯ka]) is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean.

   • Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

   • Official languages: English

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   Constitution: history: several previous (preindependence); latest drafted 1961-62, submitted to British Parliament 24 July 1962, entered into force 6 August 1962... More. Independence: 6 August 1962 (from the UK) More. Jamaica Video.

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   2 days ago · Montego Bay, city, northwestern Jamaica, about 85 miles (140 km) northwest of Kingston. It lies on the site of a Taino village visited by Christopher Columbus in 1494. Its original Spanish name, Bahía de Manteca (“Butter Bay”), probably recalls its early function as a lard (“hog’s butter”) centre.

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   4 days ago · Jamaica - History - Declaration of Independence, 1962; Independence Day (Jamaica); Coat of Arms

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   3 days ago · Claude McKay (born September 15, 1889, Nairne Castle, Jamaica, British West Indies—died May 22, 1948, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) was a Jamaican-born poet and novelist whose Home to Harlem (1928) was the most popular novel written by an American black to that time.