Bainet ( ht, Benè) 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
Bainet Arrondissement, in the
Sud-Est department of
Haiti.
It has 62,300 inhabitants.
In late 1791 and early 1792, during the early
Haitian Revolution, slaves in Bainet rebelled as part of the Trou Coffy uprising led by
Romaine-la-Prophétesse
Romaine-la-Prophétesse (, Romaine the Prophetess), born Romaine Rivière around 1750 in Santo Domingo, was a free black coffee plantation owner and leader of an uprising early in the Haitian Revolution.
In 1791, in response to rising racial ten ...
.
The Haitian artist and photographer
Gérald Bloncourt was born in Bainet.
[Eleanor Ingalls Christensen, ''The Art of Haiti'' (1975), page 64]
References
Populated places in Sud-Est (department)
Communes of Haiti
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