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presentacion sobre jamaica en ingles
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RUBY MARIA TAPASCO HENAORUBY MARIA TAPASCO HENAO
PAULA ANDREA HOYOS GALLEGOPAULA ANDREA HOYOS GALLEGO
LAURA CRISTINA LOPERA JARAMILLOLAURA CRISTINA LOPERA JARAMILLO
ANDRES FELIPE MONTOYA URIBE ANDRES FELIPE MONTOYA URIBE
GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY
Jamaica is the third
largest island in the
Caribbean
The island of Jamaica
is composed
fundamentally by
mountainous area
The flora is
exuberant with his
tropical woods and
landscapes of the
littoral
The culminating point
is the Mount Devil,
with 756 m
The rivers more
important of Jamaica
are the Big river and
river Cabarit
Jamaica is an island
where we can find an
impressive beaches
CAPITALCAPITAL
The capital of
Jamaica is the city
Kingston
Kingston is the place
more populated with
the country
Jamaica this divided
in 3 counties and 14
parishes
POLITICSPOLITICS
Queen of JamaicaQueen of Jamaica
Also there are Creole
languages.
The Spanish is the
language of little less
than 500 persons.
LANGUAGELANGUAGE
The official The official
language is language is
EnglishEnglish
History
Jamaica was
discovered by
Christopher Colón in
his second trip
The first settlers of
the island were the
taínos
The Jamaicans are
descendants of
Africans, but there are
also Europeans
The climate in Jamaica
is tropical, is in the
habit of being hot and
humid
in the zones of
mountain it can be
something fresher
CLIMATE
RELIGIONRELIGION
The rastafari movement was founded in The rastafari movement was founded in
JamaicaJamaica
MUSICMUSIC
The music "reggae" is
original of Jamaica
and it began in the
population of African
origin.
The principal singer
of "reggae" was Bob
Marley
food
The national local
dish is the cod, the
salty fish.
In Jamaica you can
eat fruits and dish
with names of sites of
the Carib
NATIONAL NATIONAL FLOWERFLOWER
The flower of the The flower of the
lignum vitae or " tree lignum vitae or " tree
of the life " is the of the life " is the
national flower of national flower of
JamaicaJamaica
the lignum vitaethe lignum vitae is a
blue flower
The flower blooms in
spring and at the
beginning of the
summer
The name of the
flower probably was
adopted for their
medicinal qualities
clothes
The suit is formed by
a long skirt of several
caps, a white blouse
and a Handkerchief in
the head
The skirt and
Handkerchief are red
NATIONAL SYMBOLSNATIONAL SYMBOLS
" Doctor bird " is the
national bird of
Jamaica
NATIONAL SYMBOLSNATIONAL SYMBOLS
The tree of the blue
majagua is the
national tree of
Jamaica
The tree can grow to
20 meters
the tree is mainly in
the interior of the
island
NATIONAL SYMBOLSNATIONAL SYMBOLS
THE JAMAICAN COAT OF ARMS
‘Out of Many One People’