Jamaica was the first country to impose economic sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa. Apart from the United States, Jamaica has won the most world and Olympic medals in Track, our tiny island has managed to accrue a total of 67 medals in the Olympic games dating from 1948 – 2012. Between (2006- 2007) the World Fastest man and woman were both Jamaicans - Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson. Currently, Jamaica is home to the fastest man and woman on the planet - Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Frasier Price. Jamaica was the first country in the Western world to construct a railway, even before the United States. This was only 18 years after Britain. Jamaicas telephone system was so well developed its model was copied by AT&T. Black River in St. Elizabeth, then an extremely important port, got electricity in 1893, before New York. The first country in the Caribbean to launch a website was Jamaica. This was jamaicatravel in 1994. The Jamaican flag is one of two flags in the world that do not share the color of the US flag (white, blue and red); the only other country is Libya. The Jamaican flag colors symbolize the motto: Times are difficult, but the land is green and the sun is shining. freejamaicanow/11/post/2014/01/interesting-facts-about-the-island-of-jamaica-the-biggest-little-country-in-the-world.html
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