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Ocho Rios

Caribbean

Ocho Rios is a town in the parish of Saint Ann on the north coast of Jamaica, known locally as Ochi. It grew from a small fishing village into a popular tourist destination with duty free shopping, a cruise ship terminal and several beaches and resorts, and also hosts cargo ships at the Reynolds Pier for exporting sugar and limestone. Its estimated population in 2011 was 16,671, about ten percent of the total population of Saint Ann.

Facts
Population
16,671 1
Population Estimate Year
2011 1
Latitude
18.399444 degrees north 1
Longitude
77.103056 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC-05:00 2
Sources
1. Ocho Rios (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 16,671 (2011)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 18.399444, longitude -77.103056
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 16671 (2011)
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2. GeoNames: Ocho Rios - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3489239
    18.4076 -77.10312 P PPL JM 09 608 26503 6 America/Jamaica
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 6 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.25, -77.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.25, -77.25
18.25 -77.25 Aw
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Wikidata: Ocho Rios
Wikidata Q602783, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Ocho Rios (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Caribbean (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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