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 Latin America and the Caribbean -Contacts-

 Jamaica

Basic Data*

Area: 10 992 km²
Capital: Kingston
Language: English, Jamaican Creole
Total Population: 2.6 (millions 2004)
Urban population: 52.8 (% of total)
Total estimated population 2015: 2.7 (millions)
Currency: Jamaican dollar
GDP Per Capita: 4.163 (US$, 2004)
Grow rate of population: 0.4 (%/annum, 2004-2015)
Religion(s): Protestant (56 %), Roman Catholic (5 %)
Population with sustainable access to an improved water source: 93 (%, annum 2004)
Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation: 80 (%, annum 2004)
Borders: Island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba, southeast of Cayman Islands, and southwest of Haiti

Record of disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/natural-table-emdat.php?country=Jamaica

Technological disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/tech-table-emdat.php?country=Jamaica


 

Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency
P.O. Box. 384, Cross Roads, Kingston 7, Jamaica
Tel: (1-876) 926-1990 / 1992
Fax:(1-876) 928-5503
E-mail: bcarby@ecwjamaica.com
odpemy@ecwjamaica.com
Web Site: http://www.odpem.org.jm


Meteorological Service
Evan Thompon
P.O. Box: 103 Kingston 10
Tel: (1-876) 929-3695
Fax: (1-876) 960-8989
E-mail: metja@infochan.com
Web Site: http://www.worldweather.org/026/c00098.htm


University of the West Indies
Caribbean Disaster Information Network
University of the West Indies Science Library,
P.O. Box: 104, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica W.I.
Tel. (1-876) 927-1068 / 935-82023
Fax (1-876) 927-1926
E-mail: cardin@uwimona.edu.jm
blashley@uwimona.edu.jm


Jamaica Red Cross
Central Village Spanish Town,
St. Catherine Jamaica
Tel: (1-876) 984-7860 /1/2
Fax: (1-876) 984- 8272
E-mail: jrcs@infochan.com
Web Site: http://www.jamaicaredcross.org

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Cayman Islands and Turks and Caico.
1-3 Lady Musgrave Road, Kingston 5
P.O. Box 280 Jamaica WI
Tel: (1-876) 978-2390
Fax: (1-876) 926-8654
E-mail: registry.jm@undp.org
Web Site: http://www.undp.org/fojam/


Ministry of Health
10 Caledonia Avenue, Kingston 10
Tel: (876) 922-8646, 967-1100
Fax: (876) 967-0997
E-mail: mohemergency@hotmail.com


Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
21 Dominica Drive, PO Box 624, Kingston 5
Tel: (876) 926-4416/9, (876) 926-4220/8
Fax: (876) 929 6733
Web Site: http://www.mfaft.gov.jm/

Constabulary Force
Web Site: http://www.jamaicapolice.org.jm/


Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Relief Co-ordination Office
2a Devon Road
Kingston 10, Jamaica
Tel: (809) 944004


Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Sport
Tel: (876) 754-0999
E-mail: ati@mlgcd.gov.jm
Web Site: http://www.mlgycd.gov.jm/


Ministry of Transport and Works
1c - 1f Pawsey Road
Kingston 5, Jamaica
Web Site: http://www.mtw.gov.jm/


The National Land Agency (NLA)
Web Site: http://www.nla.gov.jm/


Statistical Institute of Jamaica
Cecelio Avenue, Kingston 10
Tel: (876) 926-5311
Fax: (876) 926-1138
Web Site: http://www.statinja.com/


Planning Institute of Jamaica
10-16 Grenada Way
Kingston 5, Jamaica W.I.
Tel: (876) 906-4463-4
Web Site: http://www.pioj.gov.jm/


Water Resources Authority (WRA)
Web Site: http://www.wra-ja.org/


National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA)
Web Site: http://www.nepa.gov.jm/


Roy Forrestor's Weather Information Forrester

Web Site: http://www.cwmonline.net/weather/


National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST)
1 Devon Road. Kingston.10 Jamaica
Tel: (876) 929-8880-5, 927-9941-3
Web Site: http://www.ncst.gov.jm/


Mines & Geology Division
P.O. Box 141
Hope Gardens, Kingston 6,
Jamaica, W.I.
Tel: (876) 927-1936-9, (876) 927-1940,
Fax: (876) 977-1204, (876) 9270350
E-mail: commissioner@minesandgeology.gov.jm
Web Site: http://www.minesandgeology.gov.jm/


Scientific Research Council (SRC)
Web Site: http://www.src-jamaica.org/


Unit for Disaster Studies - Kingston, Jamaica
Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica
Web Site: http://isis.uwimona.edu.jm/uds/index.html


International Seabed Authority
14-20 Port Royal Street
Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
Tel: (1 876) 922-9105, Fax: (1 876) 922-0195
Web Site: http://www.isa.org.jm/en/default.htm

 

 
* Source: Statistics and indicators are provided by the International Center for Scientific Research (CIRS); the United Nations Statistics Division from the World Statistics Pocketbook, Statistical Yearbook and Report, except capital cities, languages and illiteracy rate; the Human Development Report 2006; and the Data Base of Stadistics and Social Indicators (BADEINSO) of ECLAC.

Regional Disaster Information Center
Tel: (506) 296.3952 | Fax: (506) 2231.5973
Pavas, San José, Costa Rica,
P.O. Box 1122-1200 San José, Costa Rica – 101092
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