Oracabessa
Oracabessa is a small town in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica 16 kilometres east of Ocho Rios. Its population is nearly 7,000. Lit in the afternoons by an apricot light that may have inspired its Spanish name, Oracabeza, or "Golden Head," Oracabessa's commercial district consists of a covered produce market and a few shops and bars.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ian Fleming International Airport.
Ian Fleming International Airport
Aerodrome
Ian Fleming International Airport is an international airport located in Boscobel, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, 10 km east of Ocho Rios, in northeastern Jamaica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Maria.
Port Maria
Town
Photo: De Geo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Port Maria is the capital town of the Jamaican parish of Saint Mary. Originally named "Puerto Santa Maria", it was the second town established by Spanish settlers in Jamaica. Port Maria is situated 7 km southeast of Oracabessa.
Oracabessa
- Type: Village with 4,100 residents
- Description: town in St Mary, Jamaica
- Categories: city, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Oracabessa, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.40487° or 18° 24′ 18″ northLongitude
-76.94663° or 76° 56′ 48″ westPopulation
4,100Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)United Nations Location Code
JM ORCOpen location code
77C5C333+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 3767997590OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Oracabessa” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Oracabessa”
- Cebuano: “Oracabessa”
- Chinese: “奧拉卡貝薩”
- Dutch: “Oracabessa”
- Finnish: “Oracabessa”
- French: “Oracabessa”
- Hebrew: “אוראקבסה”
- Irish: “Oracabessa”
- Polish: “Oracabessa”
- Swedish: “Oracabessa”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oracabessa”. Photo: papushin, CC BY-SA 2.0.