Miragoâne () is a coastal commune in western

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 western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

and the capital of the

Nippes Nippes (French language, French, ) or Nip (Haitian Creole) is one of the ten Departments of Haiti, departments (the highest-level political subdivisions) of Haiti located in southern Haiti. It is the most recently created department, having be ...

department. It is also the headquarters of the Miragoâne Arrondissement. It is regarded as one of the major ports in the trade in used goods. Bales of used clothing, shoes, appliances and used cars arrive at the port from

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and other U.S. cities. Local merchants in the

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buy boxes and bales of used goods to sort and resell them in street markets. Inexpensive merchandise is thus dispersed around Haiti.

History

The port was used by Reynolds Metals aluminum for export of bauxite which was mined inland between the 1960s and 1980s. It has been the site of a proposed collaboration between Max Hardberger and the Bigio family's GB Group for further port development.

2024 explosion

On September 14 2024, A fuel tank overturned and exploded while bystanders were trying to collect gasoline killing 26 people and injuring 40. https://apnews.com/article/haiti-truck-explosion-killed-miragoane-56e3fe9bf34bdf3535a5daca98e6ced3

Education

* Lycée Jacques Prevert high school

Notes

Populated coastal places in Haiti Nippes Gulf of Gonâve Communes of Haiti {{Haiti-geo-stub