Savanna-la-Mar

Savanna-la-Mar

      town and port, southwestern Jamaica, on an open bay at the mouth of the Cabarita River, west-northwest of Kingston. Chief exports are sugar, for which it has bulk-loading facilities, coffee, ginger, cacao, and logwood. The town has been frequently damaged by hurricanes, particularly in 1780, when it was swept to instant destruction, and again in 1988. Pop. (1991) urban area, 16,553.

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