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Cité Soleil, 2002. Cité Soleil (French pronunciation: [site sɔlɛj]; Haitian Creole: Site Solèy; English: Sun City) is an extremely impoverished and densely populated commune located in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in Haiti. Cité Soleil originally developed as a shanty town and grew to an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 residents, the ...
Carrefour, Haiti. Carrefour (French pronunciation: [kaʁfuʁ] ⓘ; Haitian Creole: Kafou, pronounced [kafu], meaning Crossroads in English) is a largely residential commune in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. Port-au-Prince has a population of 1,234,742 [2] while the commune has a population of 501,768.
The commune (French pronunciation: [kɔmyn]) is the third-level divisions of Haiti. The 10 departments have 42 arrondissements, which are divided into 144 communes and then into 571 communal sections. [1][2][3] Communes are roughly equivalent to civil townships and incorporated municipalities.
0.469 [2] low · 7th. Artibonite (French) or Latibonit (Haitian Creole) is one of the ten departments of Haiti located in central Haiti. With an area of 4,887 km 2 it is Haiti's largest department. As of 2015, its estimated population was 1,727,524. [3] The region is the country's main rice-growing area.
v. t. e. An arrondissement (pronounced [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃]; Haitian Creole: awondisman) is a level of administrative division in Haiti. As of 2015, the 10 departments of Haiti were divided into 42 arrondissements. [1] Arrondissements are further divided into communes and communal sections. The term arrondissement can be roughly translated into ...
Ouanaminthe. Ouanaminthe (Haitian Creole: Wanament or Wanamèt; Spanish: Juana Méndez) is a commune or town located in the Nord-Est department of Haiti. It lies along the Massacre River, which forms part of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Ouanaminthe is the largest commune of northeastern Haiti and of the Nord-Est Department.
Port-au-Prince ( Haitian Creole: Pòtoprens) is an arrondissement in the Ouest department of Haiti. It had 2,109,516 inhabitants at the 2003 Census which was estimated to have risen to 2,759,991 in 2015 in an area of 735.78 sq km (284.09 sq mi ). [2] [1] Postal codes in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement start with the number 61.
Port-Salut (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ saly]; Haitian Creole: Pòsali) is a coastal commune in the Sud department of Haiti. Port-Salut is a popular destination for local Haitians, as well as tourists, due to the surrounding beaches. Port-Salut is the hometown of Haiti's former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was born there in 1953, [3 ...