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Haiti
Haiti (pronounced /ˈheɪtiː/; French Haïti, pronounced: [a.iti]; Haitian Creole: Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti (République d'Haïti ; Repiblik Ayiti), is a Creole- and French-speaking Caribbean country. Along with the Dominican Republic, it occupies the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater...
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Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince (pronounced /ˌpɔrtoʊˈprɪns/; French pronunciation: [pɔʁopʁɛ̃s]; Haitian Creole: Pòtoprens) is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti.
The city of Port-au-Prince faces the Gulf of Gonâve, at 18°32′N 72°20′W / ...
Cap-Haïtien
Cap-Haïtien (Okap or Kapayisyen in Kréyòl) is a city of about 180,000 people on the north coast of Haiti. It is the capital of the Nord Department. Previously, as Cap-Français, it was an important city during the colonial period and, as Cap-Henri,...
Gonaïves
Gonaïves (Gonayiv in Kréyòl) is a city in northern Haiti, the capital of the Artibonite Department. It has a population of about 104,825 people (2003 census). The city's name derives from the original Amerindian name of Gonaibo. It is also known as...
Hinche
Hinche (Ench in Kréyòl) is a city in central Haiti, near the border with the Dominican Republic. It has a population of about 50,000. It is the capital of Centre department. Hinche is the hometown of Charlemagne Péralte, the Haitian nationalist...
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Artibonite Department
Artibonite (Haitian Creole: Latibonit) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. With an area of 4,984 km² it is Haiti's largest department. Artibonite has a population of 1,168,800 (2002). The region is the country's main rice...
Ouest Department
Ouest (English: West, Haitian Creole: Lwès) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It is the jurisdictional seat of the national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince. It has an area of 4,827 km² and a population of 2,943,200 ...
Centre Department
Centre (Haitian Creole: Sant) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti, located in the center of the country, along the border with the Dominican Republic. It has an area of 3,675 km² and a population of 564,200 (2002). Its...
Nord Department
Nord (English: North, Haitian Creole: Nò) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It has an area of 2,106 km² and a population of 872,200 (2002). Its capital is Cap-Haïtien.
The department is divided into seven arrondissements...
Nord-Est Department
Nord-Est (English: North-East, Haitian Creole: Nòdès) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It has an area of 1,805 km² and a population of 283,800 (2002). Its capital is Fort-Liberté. It used to be part of Nord Department....
Nord-Ouest Department
Nord-Ouest (English: North-West, Haitian Creole: Nòdwès) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti as well as the northernmost one. It has an area of 2,176 km² and a population of 488,500 (2002). Its capital is Port-de-Paix.
With...
Sud Department
Sud (English: South, Haitian Creole: Sid) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It has an area of 2,794 square kilometres (1,079 sq mi) and a population of 745,000 (2002). Its capital is Les Cayes. A large part of the...
Sud-Est Department
Sud-Est (English: South-East, Haitian Creole: Sidès) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It has an area of 2,023 km² and a population of 518,200 (2002). Its capital is Jacmel. It used to be part of Sud Department
The...
Grand'Anse Department
Grand'Anse (Haitian Creole: Grandans) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. Its capital is Jérémie. It used to be part of Sud Department
The department was split in 2003, with the creation of a new department of Nippes from...
Tortuga
Tortuga (Île de la Tortue in French) is a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti, off the northwest coast of Hispaniola. It constitutes the commune of Île de la Tortue in the Port-de-Paix arrondissement of the Nord-Ouest Department of Haiti. The...
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- 178.70918 km² (69 mi² )
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Chaîne de la Selle
Chaîne de la Selle is the name of a mountain chain in Haiti. Part of it is Pic la Selle, which is the highest point of Haiti at a height of 2,680 meters (8,793 feet) above sea level. Pic la Selle is located in La Visite National Park in the country...
Pic la Selle
Pic la Selle (Kreyòl: Pik Lasel), also called Morne La Selle, is the highest peak in Haiti with a height of 2,680 meters (8,793 feet) above sea level. The mountain is part of the Chaîne de la Selle mountain range. Pic la Selle is located in the La...
Jacmel
Jacmel, (Jakmèl in Kréyòl) also known by its indigenous Taíno name of Yaquimel, is a city in southern Haiti founded in 1698. It is the capital of the department of Sud-Est. Jacmel is a serene port town with an estimated population of 40,000 and...
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Marmelade
Marmelade (Haitian Creole: Mamlad) is a town and former duchy in the Artibonite Department of Haïti. It is the chief town of the Marmelade Arrondissement, which also includes the commune of Saint Michel de l'Attalaye.
Marmelade is the home town of...
Jérémie
Jérémie (Jeremi in Kréyòl) is the capital city of the department of Grand'Anse, in Haiti, with a population of about 31,000 (2003 census). It is almost isolated from the rest of the country. The Grande-Anse River flows near the city.
In 1964, during...
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Carrefour
Carrefour (Haitian Creole: Kafou) is a largely residential very poor district in the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The district has an estimated population of 408,000. It is mostly a bedroom community for those who work in central Port-au-Prince....
Area:
- 164.9 km² (63.67 mi² )
Port-de-Paix
Port-de-Paix (Pòdepè or Pòdpè in Kréyòl) is a city and the capital of the département of Nord-Ouest in Haïti on the Atlantic coast. It has a population of 250,000 (2009 census).
Formerly a large exporter of bananas and coffee, Port-de-Paix is now a...
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Labadee
Labadee (also Labadie) is a port located on the northern coast of Haiti. It is a private resort leased to Royal Caribbean International. Royal Caribbean International has contributed the largest proportion of tourist revenue to Haiti since 1986,...
Les Cayes
Les Cayes, formerly Aux Cayes (Haitian Creole: Okay), is a town and seaport in southwestern Haiti, with a population of approximately 45,904 people (1995 estimate). Estimates from 2008 place the population at close to 70,000 people. Due to its...
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Nippes Department
Nippes (Haitian Creole: Nip) is the newest department (French: département) of Haiti, having been split from Grand'Anse Department in 2003. The capital of the department is Miragoâne.
The department is divided into three arrondissements:
Saint-Marc
Saint-Marc (Haitian Creole: Sen Mak) is a coastal port town in western Haiti in the Artibonite Department. Its geographic coordinates are 19°7′N 72°42′W / 19.117°N 72.7°W / 19.117; -72.7.
The port of Saint-Marc is currently the preferred port of...
Miragoane
Miragoâne (Haitian Creole: Miragwàn) is a coastal town in western Haïti, in Nippes Department. It is regarded as one of the major ports in the trade in used goods. Bales of used clothing, shoes, appliances and used cars arrive at the port from Miami...
Montrouis
Montrouis is a coastal town in western Haïti. It is located at around 18°57′2″N 72°42′16″W / 18.95056°N 72.70444°W / 18.95056; -72.70444 in the Ouest Department. Montrouis is also one of the most important beach tourism destinations in Haiti,...
Grand Goâve
Grand Goâve (Haitian Creole: Grangwav) is a city in the Ouest Department of southwestern Haiti. It is located at around 18°25′44″N 72°46′14″W / 18.42889°N 72.77056°W / 18.42889; -72.77056.
The town is one of the oldest cities of the country, and...
Léogane
Léogâne (Haitian Creole: Leyogàn) is the name of both a coastal city and an arrondissement in Ouest Department, Haïti. The city of Léogâne is located at around 18°30′39″N 72°38′2″W / 18.51083°N 72.63389°W / 18.51083; -72.63389. The arrondissement...
Petit Goâve
Petit-Goâve (Haitian Creole: Tigwav) is a coastal town in Ouest Department, Haïti. It is located at around 18°25′53″N 72°52′1″W / 18.43139°N 72.86694°W / 18.43139; -72.86694, some 68 km south of Port-au-Prince. The town has a population of...
Fort-Liberté
Fort-Liberté (Kreyòl: Fòlibète) is the administrative centre of the Nord-Est Department, Haiti. It is located around 19°40′4″N 71°50′23″W / 19.66778°N 71.83972°W / 19.66778; -71.83972. It is also the chief city of an arrondissement of the same...
Mirebalais
Mirebalais is a town in Centre Department, Haïti, approximately 60 km northeast of Port au Prince on National Road 3. The city was established in 1703.
American Rotarians have made a number of mission-type trips to the city and surrounding areas...
Artibonite River
The Artibonite River is a 320 km long river in Haiti (estuary located at about 19°15′00″N 72°47′00″W / 19.25°N 72.7833333°W / 19.25; -72.7833333). It is the longest as well as the most important river in Haiti and the longest on the island of...
Môle Saint-Nicolas
Môle Saint-Nicolas (Mòlsennikola or Omòl in Haitian Creole) is a town in the Republic of Haiti. It is the chief town of the Môle Saint-Nicolas Arrondissement in the department of Nord-Ouest. Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the Americas on...
Port-au-Prince International Airport
Toussaint Louverture International Airport (IATA: PAP, ICAO: MTPP) is an international airport located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Developed with grant money from the United States Government, the airport opened in 1965 as Francois Duvalier...
Delmas, Ouest
Delmas (Haitian Creole: Dèlma) is a district in Ouest Department of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Part of Delmas itself extends as its own suburb into the outskirts of the capital city. Delmas has a population of over 300,000.
Notable residents include...
Area:
- 80.2 km² (31 mi² )
Desdunes
Desdunes (Haitian Creole: Dedin) is a town in the Artibonite Department of Haiti. It is located in the Artibonite Valley, roughly 93 miles north of Port-au-Prince.
Dessalines
Dessalines (Haitian Creole: Desalin) is a town in the Artibonite Department of Haiti. It is named after Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of independent Haiti.
Area:
- 459 km² (177 mi² )
Montagnes du Cibao
The Montagnes du Cibao (Mountains of Cibao) are located in Haiti. The highest point of the range, Morne du Cibao, is 2,280 meters (7,480 feet) above sea level, making it the third highest peak in Haiti, behind Pic la Selle and Pic Macaya.
Cavaellon
Cavaellon (or Cavaillon, Creole: Kavayon) is a rural town located in the Sud Department of Haiti.
Its nearest neighbouring towns/cities are Nan Cotie (12km north), Saint-Louis-du-Sud (20km southeast), and Les Cayes (16km west).
The town is most...
Grande Saline
Grande Saline (Haitian Creole: Grann Salin) is a commune of Artibonite Department in northwest Haiti.
Kenscoff
Kenscoff is a town in the Ouest Department of Haiti, located in mountainous country some 10 kilometres to the southeast of the capital Port au Prince. The altitude is approximately 1500 meters. Because of its altitude, the temperature is on average...
Bombardopolis
Bombardopolis (Creole: Bonbadopolis) is a town located in hilly country in northwestern Haiti. It is in the Nord-Ouest Department.
Croix-des-Bouquets
Croix-des-Bouquets (Creole: Kwadèbouke) is a city in the Ouest Department of Haiti. It is located 12.9 kilometers (8 miles) to the northeast of Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince.
Croix-des-Bouquets is a northern suburb in the Port-Au-Prince...
Area:
- 645.5 km² (249.2 mi² )
Trouin
Trouin is a city in the Ouest Department of Haiti. It is located 37 kilometers (23 miles) southwest of Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince.
Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite
Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite is a town in the Artibonite Department of Haiti. It is located in the Artibonite Valley.
One of the important battles of the Haitian Revolution was fought here at Crete Pierrot wherein Jean-Jacques Dessalines ravaged...
Borgne
Borgne (Creole: Obòy) is a town on the north coast of Haiti, west of Cap-Haïtien and northwest of Limbé, in Nord Department. The economy there is based on agriculture and fishery. Other nearby places include Port-Margot, Robin, and Fond La Grange.
Pétionville
Pétionville is a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate of the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle. It was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion (1770 - 1818), the Haitian general/president and later...
Thomonde
Thomonde is a town in the central part of Haiti. It is located in the Centre Department or "Plateau Central", arrondissement Hinche. The geo-coordinates are 19.02N and 71.97W. The population was about 2,381 in 1982 (Haiti census) and about 3,784 in...
Deschapelles
This article refers to a town in Haiti. For the French chess master, see Alexandre Deschapelles.
Deschapelles (Haitian Creole: Dechpel) is a town in Haiti, in the Artibonite Valley. Deschapelles is where the Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti is...
Cap-Haitien International Airport
Cap Haitien International Airport (IATA: CAP, ICAO: MTCH) is the second airport in Haiti and is located in the city with the same name, Cap-Haïtien, north Haiti.
This airport connects Haitiens to airports like Miami International Airport,...
Port-Salut
Port-Salut is a coastal town in the Sud Department of Haiti and the hometown of Haiti's deposed president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide who was born there in 1953. Port-Salut is a popular destination for local Haitians as well as tourists to a certain...
Ouanaminthe
Ouanaminthe is a city located in the Nord-Est Department of Haiti. It contains about 100,000 people including immediate areas. The Massacre River is located between Ouanaminthe and Dajabón in the Dominican Republic. The border crossing to Dajabón is...
Anse-à-Pitres
Anse-à-Pitres (Creole: Ansapit) is a town in the Belle-Anse Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est Department of Haiti. It is located around 18°2′35″N 71°45′30″W / 18.04306°N 71.75833°W / 18.04306; -71.75833. Its border crossing to Pedernales is one of...
Belladère
Belladère (Creole: Beladè) is a town in the Lascahobas Arrondissement, inside the Centre Department of Haiti. Its border crossing to Comendador (Elías Piña) is one of the four chief land crossings to the Dominican Republic.
Malpasse
Malpasse is a town in the Croix-des-Bouquets arrondissement, inside the Ouest Department of Haiti. It is located around 18°29′20″N 71°53′1″W / 18.48889°N 71.88361°W / 18.48889; -71.88361. Its border crossing to Jimaní is one of the four chief...
Pilate
Pilate is a small town in the north part of Haiti. Which consider as Provence. It contains 8 sections or 8 counties.
Baradères
Baraderes (Creole: Baradè) is a town in Nippes Department in the southwest part of Haiti. It is vulnerable to flooding and is accessible via a rocky dirt road. The road has just been improved, but it is still only accessible by lorries or four wheel...
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- 155.39929 km² (60 mi² )
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Bahon, Haiti
Bahon (sometimes Bohon, Creole: Bawon) is a town in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Arrondissement, Nord Department, Haiti. It is located on the Grand Rivière du Nord (river). It was formerly (1915) located on the railroad south from Cap-Haïtien.
Saint-Raphaël, Haiti
Saint-Raphaël (also Saint-Raphael) is a city and municipality in Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement, Nord Department, Haiti. It is the seat of Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement.
Saint-Raphaël is located at the intersection of Route 307 and National Route 3...
