L'Estère (; ) is a
commune in the
Gonaïves Arrondissement Gonaïves () is an arrondissement in the Artibonite department of Haiti.
It has 263,858 inhabitants.''Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique'' (IHSI), 7 August 2003.
Postal codes in the Gonaïves Arrondissement start with the number 41 ...
, 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
Dessalines (; ) usually referred to as ''Marchand-Dessalines'' (), is a commune in the Artibonite department of Haiti. It is named after Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler and emperor of independen ...
at the
Ravine-à-Couleuvres.
References
Populated places in Artibonite (department)
Communes of Haiti
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