Ranquitte ( ht, Rankit) is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement
Saint-Raphaël ( ht, Sen Rafayèl) is an arrondissement in the Nord department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 169,867 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement start with the number 14.
Communes
The arrondissement ...
, in the
Nord
Nord, a word meaning "north" in several European languages, may refer to:
Acronyms
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* New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
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department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
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 18,197 inhabitants.
The school in Ranquitte is the Spady-Calhoun school named partly in honor of one of its benefactors, Dr. Steven Spady of
Hindman, KY. There is also a Health Clinic on campus there. Both the school and clinic are overseen by a Haitian staff and maintained b
Christian Flights International, a non-profit missionary organization that has been sending trips into this area for over 40 years.
References
Populated places in Nord (Haitian department)
Communes of Haiti
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