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2. Coral reefs of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   Jamaica's coral reefs house 135 different species of fish. Between 1995 and 1998, fishing licenses increased by 68 percent for the Montego Bay Marine Park where 69 percent of fishers rely on fishing as their full-time income. [23]

3. Negril - Wikipedia

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   Time zone. UTC-5 (EST) Negril is a small, widely dispersed beach resort and town located in Westmoreland and Hanover parishes at the far western part of Jamaica, 80.8 kilometres (50.2 mi) southwest from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. [ 1 ] Westmoreland is the westernmost parish in Jamaica, located on the south side of the island.

4. Geography of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   Jamaica lies 140 km (87 mi) south of Cuba and 190 km (118 mi) west of Haiti. At its greatest extent, Jamaica is 235 km (146 mi) long, and its width varies between 34 and 84 km (21 and 52 mi). [ 1] Jamaica has a small area of 10,992 km 2 (4,244 sq mi). [ 1] However, Jamaica is the largest island of the Commonwealth Caribbean and the third ...

5. Coral Gardens incident - Wikipedia

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   The Coral Gardens incident, also known as the Coral Gardens atrocities, the Coral Gardens massacre, the Coral Gardens riot, and Bad Friday refers to a series of events that occurred in Jamaica from April 11-13 1963. Following a violent altercation at a gas station in Montego Bay, Jamaican police and military forces detained Rastafarians ...

6. Geology of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   The Geology of Jamaica is formed of rocks of Cretaceous to Neogene age. The basement consists of Cretaceous island arc and back-arc basin sequences that formed above a subduction zone. The cover is of mainly Eocene to Miocene shallow water limestones, that have been uplifted due to the presence of a restraining bend along the major strike-slip ...

7. Montego Bay - Wikipedia

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   Montego Bay is the capital of the parish of St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth-largest urban area in the country by population, after Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore, all of which form the Greater Kingston Metropolitan Area, home to over half a million people. [ 1] As a result, Montego Bay is the second-largest anglophone city in ...