Roche-à-Bateaux ( ht, Wòchabato) 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
Côteaux Arrondissement
Côteaux ( ht, Koto) is an arrondissement
An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
Europe
France
The 101 French depart ...
, in the
Sud department of
Haiti. 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 directly passed over the
Sud department of
Haiti 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.
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