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Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is defined by the IHSI as including the communes of Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Cite Soleil, Tabarre, Carrefour and Pétion-Ville. The city of Port-au-Prince is on the Gulf of Gonâve: the bay on which the city lies, which acts as a natural harbor, has sustained economic activity since the civilizations of the Taíno. It was first incorporated under French colonial rule in 1749. The city's layout is similar to that of an amphitheater; commercial districts are near the water, while residential neighborhoods are located on the hills above. Its population is difficult to ascertain due to the rapid growth of slums in the hillsides above the city; however, recent estimates place the metropolitan area's population at around 3.7 million, nearly half of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. To its south-west lies the small Navassa Island, which is claimed by Haiti but is disputed as a United States territory under federal administration."Haiti" ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Haiti is in size, the third largest country in the Caribbean by area, and has an estimated population of 11.4 million, making it the most populous country in the Caribb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouest (department)
Ouest ( French) or Lwès (Haitian Creole; both meaning "West") is one of the ten departments of Haiti and located in Centre-Sud of the country linking the Great-North and the Tiburon Peninsula. It is the jurisdictional seat of the national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince. It has an area of and a population of 4,029,705 (2015 Estimate). Due to the Ouest being the biggest and most populated department it better understood when split into 5 subregions, each sub-regions deserve to be their own department. * Ouest-Arcadins or Akaya, the District of Arcahaie, the biggest city being Arcahaie * Ouest-Plaine or Azuei, the District of Croix-des-Bouquets, the biggest city being Croix-des-Bouquets * Ouest-Meridonnal or Yaguana, the District of Léogane, the biggest city being Léoganes * Ouest-Insulaire or Gonave, the District of Gonave, the biggest city being Anse-à-Galets * Ouest-Capital, the District of Port-au-Prince, the biggest city being Port-au-Prince History Taino Perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrefour, Ouest
Carrefour (; ht, Kafou, ) is a largely residential commune in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. The commune had a population of 373,916 at the 2003 census and was officially estimated to have grown to 511,345 inhabitants in 2015. It is mostly a bedroom community for those who work in central Port-au-Prince. Before the exile of Jean-Claude Duvalier, Carrefour was viewed as a Haitian tourist destination. History Carrefour was originally a military post in the borough of Port-au-Prince. In March 1795, Louis-Jacques Beauvais and André Rigaud routed the English troops occupying the republican port. President Alexandre Petion, one of the founding fathers of the Haitian homeland, built his private residence in Carrefour, in the locality known as Thor. The National School of Thor has been housed there for several decades. On 1 May 1813, a decree of President Alexandre Pétion founded the village of Carrefour. Following a plan drawn up by survey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Haiti
This article shows a list of cities in Haiti. List See also *Arrondissements of Haiti *Departments of Haiti *List of communes of Haiti *Communal section References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:List of cities in Haiti Haiti Haiti Haiti Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port-au-Prince Arrondissement
Port-au-Prince ( ht, Pòtoprens) is an arrondissement in the Ouest department of Haiti. It had 2,109,516 inhabitants at the 2003 Census which was estimated to have risen to 2,759,991 in 2015 in an area of 735.78 sq km (284.09 sq mi). Postal codes in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement start with the number 61. Communes The arondissement consists of the following communes: * Port-au-Prince * Carrefour * Cité Soleil * Delmas * Gressier * Kenscoff * Pétion-Ville * Tabarre History 2010 7.0 earthquake On 12 January 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck in the arrondissement, the largest in Haiti in two centuries. The city of Port-au-Prince suffered much damage, and estimates of upwards of 50,000 deaths, with many facilities destroyed. In Pétion-Ville, the earthquake collapsed a hospital in the city. In Carrefour, half of the buildings were destroyed in the worst-affected areas.ABC News'Haiti Disaster Like "No Other"' AFP, Lisa Millar, ''17 January 2010'' (accessed 17 Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pétion-Ville
Pétion-Ville ( ht, Petyonvil) is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate from the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle. Founded in 1831 by president Jean-Pierre Boyer, it was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion (1770–1818), the Haitian general and president later recognized as one of the country's four founding fathers. The district is primarily a residential and touristic area. It had a population of 283,052 at the 2003 Census, which was officially estimated to have reached 376,834 in 2015. Many diplomats, foreign businessmen, and wealthy citizens engage in business and reside in Pétion-Ville. Despite the distance from the capital and the general affluence of the district, the lack of administrative enforcement has led to the formation of shantytowns on the outer edges of the district, as poor locals migrate upward and have settled there in search of job opportunities. On 28 or 29 August 2020, Haitian Lawyer Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delmas, Ouest
Delmas ( ht, Dèlma) is a commune in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. Delmas itself is an urban continuation of the capital city. Delmas is also the location of much of the area's commercial and industrial enterprise. Delmas is traversed by two major roadways. Autoroute de Delmas runs from Route National No. 1 in the northwest corner of the commune to Pétion-Ville on the southeast corner. Boulevard de Toussaint Louverture runs from Autoroute de Delmas to the Toussaint Louverture International Airport and beyond to the commune of Tabarre. Autoroute de Delmas is flanked on both sides by local roads. These roads are numbered, with odd numbers on the north side and even numbers on the south side. For each road, the number is preceded by "Delmas," such as Delmas 60, Delmas 19, etc. Several of these roads are significant and may have other names. Delmas 30B is more commonly known as Rue Nazon and connects Delmas to Port-au-Prince on the south. Delmas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Port-au-Prince
The following is a list of the mayors and leaders of the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. List * Thomas-Antoine de Mauduit du Plessis 1787-3 March 1791 * Michel-Joseph Leremboure (1720-1804) 3 March 1791 – 1792: * Bernard Borgella de Pensié 1792 * Paul Jean 1843 (* end of 1800 in Léogâne) * Jules Saint Macary, 13 January 1881, magistrate of Port-au-Prince * Sténio Vincent (1907-1909) * Clément Magloire 1922 to 1930: prefect of Port-au-Prince under Louis Borno (born about 1880, owner of Le Matin (Haiti)) * Raphaël Brouard (1938-1940) * Silvio Cator (1946-) * Nélaton Camille (1952 1955) * Windsor Kléber Laferrière (-1957) * Jean Deeb (1960-) * Franck Romain (-1988) * Carmen Christophe (1988-) * Widner Gérard Vital-Herne, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabarre
Tabarre ( ht, Taba) is a commune in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. It is part of the urbanized area of Port-au-Prince, just northeast of the main part of the city, and next to Delmas. The Haitian government Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale The Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale (AAN) is a government agency responsible for operating Haitian commercial airports. AAN ensures the creation, extension, management, operation and installation of airport facilities and civil aerodromes throu ... is based in Tabarre. References Populated places in Ouest (department) Communes of Haiti {{Haiti-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Haiti
In the administrative divisions of Haiti, the department (french: département d'Haïti, ; ht, depatman Ayiti) is the first of four levels of government. Haiti is divided administratively into ten departments, which are further subdivided into 42 arrondissements, 145 communes, and 571 communal sections. In 2014, there was a proposal by the Chamber of Deputies to increase the number of departments from 10 to 14 —perhaps as high as 16. Administration Each departement has a departmental council (''conseil départemental'') compound of three members elected by the departmental assembly for a 4-year term. The departmental council is led by a president (''président''). The council is the executive organ of the department. Each department has a departmental assembly who assists the council in its work. The departmental assembly is the deliberative organ of the department. The members of the departmental assembly are also elected for 4 years. The departmental assembly is led by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hispaniola Vinckeboons4
Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the region's second largest in area, after the island of Cuba. The island is divided into two separate nations: the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic (48,445 km2, 18,705 sq mi) to the east and the French/Haitian Creole-speaking Haiti (27,750 km2, 10,710 sq mi) to the west. The only other divided island in the Caribbean is Saint Martin, which is shared between France ( Saint Martin) and the Netherlands (Sint Maarten). Hispaniola is the site of one of the first European settlements in the Americas, La Navidad (1492–1493), as well as the first proper town, La Isabela (1493–1500), and the first permanent settlement, the current capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo (est. 1498). These settlements were founded succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Communes Of Haiti
The Commune (administrative division), commune () is the third-level divisions of Haiti. The 10 Departments of Haiti, departments have 42 Arrondissements of Haiti, arrondissements, which are divided into 144 communes and then into 571 communal sections. Communes are roughly equivalent to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities. Administration Each Commune (administrative division), commune has a municipal council (''conseil municipal'') compound of three members elected by the inhabitants of the commune for a 4-year Term of office, term. The municipal council is led by a President (government title)#Sub-national, president often called ''mayor''. Each commune has a Municipal assembly (Haiti), municipal assembly (''assemblée municipale'') who assists the council in its work. The members of the assembly are also elected for 4 years. Each commune is ruled by a municipality. List Artibonite (department), Artibonite *Dessalines Arrondissement **Dessalines **D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
