Delmas ( ht, Dèlma) is a
commune
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in the
Port-au-Prince Arrondissement
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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
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 ...
on the southeast corner. Boulevard de Toussaint Louverture runs from Autoroute de Delmas to the
Toussaint Louverture International Airport
Toussaint Louverture International Airport ( ht, Ayewopò Entènasyonal Tousen Louvèti, french: Aéroport International Toussaint Louverture) is an international airport in Tabarre, a commune of Port-au-Prince in Haiti. The airport is curren ...
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 33 connects Delmas to Tabarre on the north. The areas adjacent to Autoroute de Delmas are primarily commercial and residential. Boulevard de Toussaint Louverture leads through the industrial portion of the commune.
History
Subsequent to the 2003 Census, the area of Delmas commune was significantly reduced by the creation of two new communes -
Cité Soleil
Cité Soleil ( ht, Site Solèy; English: ) is an extremely impoverished and densely populated commune located in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in Haiti. Cité Soleil originally developed as a shanty town and grew to an estimated 200,000 ...
and
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 governme ...
- substantively carved out of the area of the former Delmas. In 2009, the residual Delmas commune had an area of 27.74 km
2, and an estimated population of 359,451.
Delmas was affected by the
12 January 2010 earthquake. On 1 February 2010, electricity was restored for streetlighting in Delmas.
Lower Delmas is believed to be the stronghold of
Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier, whose G9 Family and Allies gang controls most of Lower Delmas.
Economics
Delmas has become the richest commune in Haiti. Its tax revenue has increased to more than 400,000,000
gourdes, which is about US$8,000,000.
Education
*
Centre Pédagogique des Frères Unis
References
Port-au-Prince
Populated places in Ouest (department)
Communes of Haiti
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