Jamaica
/dʒəˈmeɪkə/- an island country in the Caribbean Sea, south-east of Cuba; pop. 2,825,900 (est. 2009); official language, English; capital, Kingston.牙买加（古巴东南方的一个岛国, 位于加勒比海; 2009年估计人口2,825,900; 官方语言英语; 首都金斯顿）。
Visited by Columbus in 1494, Jamaica was colonized by the Spanish, who enslaved or killed the native people. Both the Spanish and the British, who took the island by force in 1655, imported slaves, mainly to work on sugar plantations. Self-government was achieved in 1944, and in 1962 Jamaica became an independent Commonwealth state.
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