Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba
18 15 N, 77 30 W
Central America and the Caribbean
total: 10,991 sq km
land: 10,831 sq km
water: 160 sq km
about half the size of New Jersey; slightly smaller than Connecticut
total: 0 km
1,022 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior
mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
mean elevation: 18 m
bauxite, alumina, gypsum, limestone
agricultural land: 41.4% (2018 est.)
arable land: 11.1% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 9.2% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 21.1% (2018 est.)
forest: 31.1% (2018 est.)
other: 27.5% (2018 est.)
250 sq km (2012)
10.823 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
population density is high throughout, but increases in and around Kingston, Montego Bay, and Port Esquivel
hurricanes (especially July to November)
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
third largest island in the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola); strategic location between Cayman Trench and Jamaica Channel, the main sea lanes for the Panama Canal
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