Saint Louis du Sud ( ht, Sen Lwi disid) is a coastal
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
Aquin Arrondissement
Aquin ( ht, Aken) is an arrondissement in the Sud Department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 217,827 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Aquin Arrondissement start with the number 83.
It contains the following communes:
* Aquin
* Cavaill ...
, in the
Sud department
Department may refer to:
* 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 ...
. Home to Fort des Oliviers, Fort Anglais and Bonnet Carré, the town is also the modern day location of the 1748
Battle of Saint-Louis-du-Sud. Saint Louis du Sud is home to over 59,042 inhabitants.
Settlements
On August 14, 2021 an M7.2 earthquake struck 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of the commune. It is the largest earthquake in Haiti since the M7.0 in 2010 that killed 316,000 people
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Populated places in Sud (department)
Communes of Haiti
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