The Massif du Nord is the longest
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have ari ...
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 s ...
.
Geography
The mountain range is located in the northern region of Haiti, in the departments of the and in . The range's altitude varies from . The
Plaine-du-Nord lies along the
northern border with the Dominican Republic, between the Massif du Nord and the North Atlantic Ocean. This lowland area of is about long and wide.
It is the western extension of the
Cordillera Central that runs through the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...
. This channel extends to the northwest under the name of the
Chaîne du Haut-Piton Chaîne may refer to:
* Marius Chaîne – French scholar.
* Chaîne (novel) – a 1974 novel by Saidou Bokoum about Africans living in France.
* Radio Algeria radio stations:
** Chaîne 1 in Arabic.
** Chaîne 2 in Berber.
** Chaîne 3 in Fre ...
.
A narrow northern coastal plain lies north of the range on the
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexic ...
. The
Guayamouc River
The Guayamouc River, ( French: Rivière Guayamouc), is a river in central and eastern Haiti. It rises on the Massif du Nord and flows generally southeast for 113 km into the Artibonite River at the border with the Dominican Republic. It is no ...
flows south from the range.
The Massif du Nord separates the city of from the capital
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...
.
History
After the
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution (french: révolution haïtienne ; ht, revolisyon ayisyen) was a successful insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti. The revolt began on ...
, the
Citadelle Laferrière was built by
King Henri Christophe. It overlooks the city of from its height of .
See also
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References
Mountain ranges of Haiti
Artibonite (department)
Nord (Haitian department)
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