Jamaica

**Jamaican Athletes!** Jamaica is known for their world class athletes. This year Jamaica is taking 52 athletes to the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Their athletes are sponsored by Puma, Digicel, Singer and National Commercial Bank. One of Jamaica’s icons is Usain Bolt, he is the athlete to watch out for because he is said to be as fast as lightning. In 2007 he broke the Jamaican record for 200 metres that was held by an Olympic legend. His time was a outstanding time of 19.75 seconds. Imports and Exports Jamaica imports Food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies , fuel , parts and accessories , capital goods machinery and transport equipment , construction materials. Jamaica exports alumina, bauxite , sugar , bananas , coffee , yams , beverages ,chemicals ,wearing apparel, mineral fuels.  Facts Jamaica is in the middle of the Caribbean sea, south of Cuba. Jamaica has 2,780,132 people in the country. Most of those people live in Kingston which is the capital of Jamaica. 91.2% call themself black and 6.2% call themself mixed and 2.6% call themself white. In Jamaica the languages they speak are English and Patois what is widely spoken. 62.5% are protestant what means they believe in god, 2.6% are Roman catholic , 14.2% are other and 20.9% do not believe any type of god. One of the natural hazards of Jamaica are hurricanes. Some natural resources are Bauxite, gypsum ,limestone. The political parties are Jamaica Labour Party, People’s National Party, National Democratic Movement. A famous fruit in Jamaica is the Ackee. It was originally imported from West Africa but now Jamaica are the only country in the world that grows it.  Jamaica’s Flag "The sun shineth, the land is green and the people are strong and creative" is the symbolism of the colours of the flag. Black depicts the strength and creativity of the people; Gold, the natural wealth and beauty of sunlight; and green, hope and agricultural resources.