Jamaica

The country calling code for Jamaica is +1. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Jamaica number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Jamaica is assigned JM as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and JAM as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Jamaica is .jm. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Jamaica is the Jamaican dollar, with the ISO 4217 code JMD and the symbol $. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Jamaica are quoted in JMD. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Jamaica is -05:00, currently UTC-05:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Jamaica is Kingston. Jamaica sits in Americas, specifically the Caribbean subregion. Its approximate centre point is 18.25000000, -77.50000000. Traffic in Jamaica drives on the left. Languages recorded for Jamaica: English.

No land borders are recorded for Jamaica in this dataset, which is typical of island states and territories. The nearby page still ranks the closest countries by straight-line distance.