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Caribbean/Jamaica. Culture, Food, Government, and History. Climate. The climate in the Caribbean is generally hot and humid. Average winter temperature 75 degrees and in summer 80 degrees. Mountain temperature 5 to 10 degrees cooler. May, June, September, October are rainy months.
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Caribbean/Jamaica Culture, Food, Government, and History
Climate • The climate in the Caribbean is generally hot and humid. Average winter temperature 75 degrees and in summer 80 degrees. Mountain temperature 5 to 10 degrees cooler. May, June, September, October are rainy months.
Geography and Size • It is the third largest Caribbean island • Its measures 146 miles at widest point and 146 miles long • It is slightly smaller then Connecticut • Area is 4, 244 sq. miles • Volcanic origin • Coastal plain • Mountain ranges • Interior hills
Capital city • Capital city of Jamaica is Kingston.
General information • Population: 2.4 million • Language: English and combination of English and African words • Religion: Christianity in various denominations • Location: Jamaica is the third largest and most westerly English speaking island in the Caribbean, it is 90 miles south of Cuba and 550 miles south of Miami. • Government: Constitutional parliamentary democracy. • Industry – tourism (restaurants, hotels), agriculture (sugar, condensed milk, rum edible oils, cigars), and minerals.
Food • The food in Jamaica consists of a cuisine of spicy, colorful foods that include salt fish; rice and peas; jerk chicken, fish and pork; curried goat; pepper pot soup; roasted yams; bananas fritters; salads’ fruit and exotic desserts.
Types of food Ribs with guava Steak Seafood Jerk Chicken Pasta Key Lime Pie Chicken