Jamaica and the capital

Jamaica is an island and country of the Greater Antilles, of 240 km of large and a maximum of 80 km from width, placed in the Caribbean sea.
Cristobal Colon found the island and the island was for Spain. In 1655 english
Almirants William Penn and Robert Venables took the island and the posession
Were for England .

Kingston is the capital. Is the capital since 1877 when Port royal were destroyed by an earthquake. There have 577.000 of people and has de port most big of the country.

Jamaican cuisine is the taste and variety. It is mainly a mixture of English and African cuisine but has been influenced by all cultures that ever came to their shores. Predominates in the intense flavor of their dishes for the quantity of spices used to marinate.
The most typical meal is a traditional soup made with "callaloo," a mix of different types of grilled meat, and "quibombó, a result similar to pepper that is used to thicken stews and dishes that gives a similar texture to gelatin. this soup is called "pepperpot"
in Jamaica, the dishes prepared with fish and vegetables have a great role, especially when speaking of the popular "summary", a dish in which both types of fish and vegetables, cooked with coconut milk, peppers and scallions, a small bulb with a taste somewhere between the onions and garlic.

Jamaican Dollar

The Jamaican dollar has been the currency of Jamaica from 1969
Before May, 1972, the currency of the Cayman Islands
It was the own one of Jamaica that in the first moment Jamaican was called himself a pound to happen to be named then a Jamaican dollar
They circulate coins of 1, 10 and 25 cents and of 1, 5, 10 and 20 dollars, and tickets of 50, 100, 500 and 1.000 dòlars, issued by the Bank of Jamaica