Anse-à-Veau ( ht, Ansavo) is a
commune in the
Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement, in the
Nippes 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 ...
. The postal code is HT 7510.
In the aftermath of the
2010 Haiti earthquake
A disaster, catastrophic Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest (department), Ouest department, a ...
, Anse-a-Veau was swollen by refugees from the afflicted areas. Aid to the community after the quake have been airdropped. As of 12 March 2010, 6 weeks after the quake,
RFA Largs Bay arrived off the coast and made a large aid drop.
[Relief Web]
"RFA Largs Bay delivers aid to isolated Haitian village"
Government of the United Kingdom, ''12 March 2010'' (accessed 12 March 2010)
References
Populated places in Nippes
Communes of Haiti
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