L'Estère (; ) is a
commune in the
Gonaïves Arrondissement, in the
Artibonite department of
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
.
It has 3,000 inhabitants. This historical city of 3,000 inhabitants is where the famous battle of the
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution ( or ; ) was a successful insurrection by slave revolt, self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti. The revolution was the only known Slave rebellion, slave up ...
took place on February 23, 1803 between the troops of
Rochambeau and
Dessalines at the
Ravine-à-Couleuvres.
References
Populated places in Artibonite (department)
Communes of Haiti
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