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Geography
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba
18 15 N, 77 30 W
Area: 
total: 10,991 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
167
land: 10,831 sq km
water: 160 sq km
slightly smaller than Connecticut
0 km
1,022 km
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin
Current Weather
tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior
mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m
bauxite, gypsum, limestone
arable land: 15.83%
permanent crops: 10.01%
other: 74.16% (2005)
250 sq km (2002)
9.4 cu km (2000)
total: 0.41 cu km/yr (34%/17%/49%)
per capita: 155 cu m/yr (2000)
hurricanes (especially July to November)
heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results from vehicle emissions
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
strategic location between Cayman Trench and Jamaica Channel, the main sea lanes for the Panama Canal
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