Roche-à-Bateaux (; ) is a commune in the

Côteaux Arrondissement Côteaux () is an Arrondissements of Haiti, arrondissement in the Sud (department), Sud Departments of Haiti, department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 58,618 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Côteaux Arrondissement start with the number ...

, in the

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department of

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. In 2009, the municipality had 16,727 residents.

Settlements

References

Populated places in Sud (department) Communes of Haiti

History

Roche-à-Bateaux was hit by a category 4 tropical storm in 2016,

Hurricane Matthew Hurricane Matthew was a powerful tropical cyclone which caused catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, as well as widespread devastation in the southeastern United States. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Stan ...

directly passed over the

department of

over the course of 36 minutes. 50 people were killed as a result of the 9.8ft (3m) storm surge which hit the coastal town, strong winds of 145mph also destroyed 62% of homes in the municipality. {{Haiti-geo-stub