Petit-Trou-de-Nippes (; ht, Ti Twou de Nip) 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
Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement
Anse-à-Veau ( ht, Ansavo) is an arrondissement in the Nippes Department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 153,639 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement start with the number 75.
The arondissement consists of the fo ...
, in the
Nippes
Nippes ( French) or Nip ( Haitian Creole) is one of the ten departments (the highest-level political subdivisions) of Haiti located in southern Haiti. It is the most recently created department, having been split from Grand'Anse in 2003. The ...
department of
Haiti. It has 36,143 inhabitants.
On 14 August 2021 it was near the epicenter of
a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that has killed at least 2,207 people and injured 12,268 more.
In 1963, the commune was devastated by
Hurricane Flora, destroying 85% of the village.
The town's name means "Little hole of Nippes".
[From Google translate from both Haitian creole and French to English.]
References
Populated places in Nippes
Communes of Haiti
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