Gressier (; ht, Gresye) is a
commune in the
Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the
Ouest department
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Government and military
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of
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 ...
.
It has 25,947 inhabitants.
According to the CAGH – Committee for the Advancement of Gressier, Gressier has a population of about 75,000. It is located approximately 12.5miles west of Port-au-Prince. With a total land area of 41.11 square miles, it is bordered on the north by the Gulf of La Gonâve. On the east, Gressier is bordered by the town of Carrefour, on the south by the Momance River, and on the west by the town of Leôgane. It has three main rural sections: Morne à Bateau, Morne à Chandelle, and Petit Boucan.
2010 7.0 earthquake
A
UN assessment team estimated that 40 to 50 per cent of the buildings in Gressier were destroyed in the
12 January 2010 earthquake. The "court of the peace" building was destroyed in the tremblor.
[ Metropole Haiti]
"Le système judiciaire paralysé trois semaines après le séisme"
LLM, 5 February 2010 (accessed 6 February 2010)
ROKENGCOY, South Korea Engineering Company, is in Gressier since February 2010 to help with demolition and reconstruction, also with medical assistance.
References
External links
* Reuters
26 February 2010
Populated places in Ouest (department)
Communes of Haiti
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