Jamaica, is na island country located in the Caribbean Sea that comprises the third largest island of the Greater Antilles. Jamaica is the fifth largest island country in the Caribbean. The indigenous peoples of the island, the Tainos, called it Xaymaca in Araguaque, that is, “land of wood and water” or “land of springs”. After making a Spanish possession know as Santiago, in 1655 the island passes to British rule and is named as “Jamaica”. The country obtained its complete Independence from the United Kingdom only on 6 August 1962. With 2.8 million people, it is the third most populous Anglophone country in America, after the United States and Canada. Kigston is the largest city and capital of the country, with a population of around one million inhabitants. Jamaica has a large diáspora around the world due to the emigration of the country.