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Business Distribution by Industry in Oracabessa

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Restaurants	12
Other accommodation	11
Churches	10

Oracabessa Facts

Area	12.9 km²
Population	5,416
Male Population	2,719 (50.2%)
Female Population	2,697 (49.8%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+22.3%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+2.0%
Median Age	27.2 years (Male: 26.7, Female: 27.6)
Neighborhoods	Oracabess
Local Time
Timezone	Eastern Standard Time
Lat & Lng	18.40319, -76.94641
Postal Codes	JMBMY20

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Oracabessa Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	4,429	5,133	5,311	5,516	5,416	5,338	5,125
Population Density	342.3 / km²	396.8 / km²	410.5 / km²	426.4 / km²	418.6 / km²	412.6 / km²	396.1 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Oracabessa Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 2% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Oracabessa	+22.3%	+5.5%	+2%
Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica	—	—	—
Jamaica	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Oracabessa Median Age

Median Age: 27.2 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Oracabessa	27.2 yrs	27.6 yrs	26.7 yrs
Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica	27.2 yrs	27.7 yrs	26.7 yrs
Jamaica	27.7 yrs	28.3 yrs	27.1 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Oracabessa Population Density

Population Density: 419 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Oracabessa	5,416	12.9 km²	419 / km²
Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica	111,891	608.8 km²	184 / km²
Jamaica	2.8 million	10,985.3 km²	252 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Oracabessa Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1300 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Oracabessa

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Oracabessa CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Oracabessa	4,318 tn	0.8 tn	333.7 tons/km²
Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica	412,223 tn	3.68 tn	677.1 tons/km²
Jamaica	10,854,676 tn	3.92 tn	988.1 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Oracabessa CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	4,318 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.8 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	333.7 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	High (10)
Earthquake	Medium (3.5)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
10/8/18	2:28 AM	3.4	47 km	10,000 m	2km SSW of Hope Bay, Jamaica	usgs.gov
9/16/18	6:46 PM	3.3	21.6 km	10,000 m	4km SW of Richmond, Jamaica	usgs.gov
3/3/18	6:53 PM	4	42.9 km	14,190 m	6km WSW of Hope Bay, Jamaica	usgs.gov
12/21/16	6:00 PM	4.3	72.7 km	10,000 m	6km ENE of Yallahs, Jamaica	usgs.gov
3/28/16	4:42 AM	3.7	44.5 km	15,160 m	5km WNW of Kellits, Jamaica	usgs.gov
5/12/14	1:44 AM	3.3	32.7 km	10,000 m	7km N of Stony Hill, Jamaica	usgs.gov
9/20/13	5:34 AM	3.2	47.7 km	16,480 m	10km SSW of Hope Bay, Jamaica	usgs.gov
9/9/13	1:20 AM	3.2	62.5 km	10,000 m	11km SSW of Port Royal, Jamaica	usgs.gov
5/6/11	9:29 AM	4.2	52.7 km	4,900 m	Jamaica region	usgs.gov
7/14/08	1:06 AM	3.9	44.7 km	16,100 m	Jamaica region	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Oracabessa

Oracabessa is a small town in St Mary, Jamaica 10 miles (16 km) east of Ocho Rios. Its population was 4,108 in 2009. in the afternoons by an apricot light that may have inspired its Spanish name Oracabeza, or "Golden Head", Oracabessa's commercial d..

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