Jamaica

Jamaica (English: /əˈmkə/; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third largest after Cuba and of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some to the north-west. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following th…