Borgne (; ) is a commune in the

Borgne Arrondissement Borgne () is an arrondissement in the Nord department of Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the wester ...

, in

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. The

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and

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. Other nearby places include Port-Margot,

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, and Fond La Grange. Borgne is currently in the early stages of developing a "

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" relationship with Honeoye Falls,

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Communal Sections

The commune consists of seven

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s, namely: *

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, rural * Boucan Michel, rural * Petit Bourg de Borgne, urban (Petit Bourg de Borgne neighborhood) and rural * Trou d'Enfer, rural *

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, urban (town of Borgne) and rural

External links

Satellite view of Borgne

References

Populated places in Nord (Haitian department) Communes of Haiti {{Haiti-geo-stub