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Key Facts
Climate
tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior
Coastline
1,022 km
Government type
parliamentary democracy (Parliament) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Languages
English, Jamaican patois
Natural resources
bauxite, alumina, gypsum, limestone
Terrain
mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain