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Belize Real Estate Firm Continues to Grow Despite World Wide Recession
elize Property Agents.com, one of the largest and fastest growing real estate companies in the small Central American nation of Belize is opening a second office in downtown Dangriga. The new office, located on Dangriga’s main street, is the second venue of business for the full service realty company which specializes in marketing and selling […]
Suriname calls for incentives at Climate Change Summit
PARAMARIBO, Suriname — The Suriname government on Monday pressed for financial compensation for forested countries with low carbon emissions by the global community. “My government is of the view that the global climate services of “High Forest Low Deforestation” (HFLD) countries such as Suriname have up till now not been acknowledged in an adequate manner,” Vice-President […]
CIA Factbook: Jamaica Military
Military branches: Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing (2009) Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary military service; younger recruits may be conscripted with parental consent (2001) Manpower available for military service: males age 16-49: 688,480females age 16-49: 709,548 (2008 est.) Manpower fit for military service: males age 16-49: 573,520females age 16-49: 586,426 (2009 est.) Manpower […]
CIA Factbook: Jamaica Transnational Issues
Disputes – international: none Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine from South America to North America and Europe; illicit cultivation and consumption of cannabis; government has an active manual cannabis eradication program; corruption is a major concern; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Jamaica for illicit financial transactions
CIA Factbook: Jamaica Geography
Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba Geographic coordinates: 18 15 N, 77 30 W Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: total: 10,991 sq kmcountry comparison to the world: 174land: 10,831 sq kmwater: 160 sq km Area – comparative: slightly smaller than Connecticut Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 1,022 km Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselinesterritorial sea: 12 nmcontiguous zone: 24 nmexclusive economic […]
CIA Factbook: Jamaica Communications
Telephones – main lines in use: 342,000 (2006) Telephones – mobile cellular: 2.495 million (2006) Telephone system : general assessment: fully automatic domestic telephone networkdomestic: the 1999 agreement to open the market for telecommunications services resulted in rapid growth in mobile-cellular telephone usage while the number of fixed-lines in use has declined; combined mobile-cellular teledensity now exceeds 100 per 100 personsinternational: […]
CIA Factbook: Jamaica Transportation
Airports: 27 (2008) Airports – with paved runways: total: 122,438 to 3,047 m: 2914 to 1,523 m: 3under 914 m: 7 (2008) Airports – with unpaved runways: total: 15under 914 m: 15 (2008) Roadways: total: 21,552 kmpaved: 15,937 km (includes 33 km of expressways)unpaved: 5,615 km (2005) Merchant marine: total: 20by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 6, carrier 1, container 4, roll on/roll off […]
CIA Factbook: Jamaica Introduction
Background: The island – discovered by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1494 – was settled by the Spanish early in the 16th century. The native Taino Indians, who had inhabited Jamaica for centuries, were gradually exterminated and replaced by African slaves. England seized the island in 1655 and established a plantation economy based on sugar, cocoa, and coffee. […]
CIA Factbook: Jamaica People
Population: 2,825,928 (July 2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 139 Age structure: 0-14 years: 31.4% (male 451,310/female 436,466)15-64 years: 61.1% (male 851,372/female 875,132)65 years and over: 7.5% (male 94,833/female 116,815) (2009 est.) Median age: total: 23.7 yearsmale: 23.1 yearsfemale: 24.2 years (2009 est.) Population growth rate: 0.755% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 142 Birth rate: 19.68 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)country comparison to the […]
