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Baie-de-Henne (Haitian Creole: Be de Hèn) is a commune in the Môle-Saint-Nicolas Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti. It has 17,277 inhabitants. It has 17,277 inhabitants. References [ edit ]
Ouest (department) Ouest ( French) or Lwès ( Haitian Creole; both meaning "West") is one of the ten departments of Haiti. It is located in south-central Haiti, linking the Great-North and the Tiburon Peninsula . It is the jurisdictional seat of the national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince .
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 .
Port-de-Paix ( French pronunciation: [pɔʁ də pɛ]; Haitian Creole: Pòdepè or Pòdpè; meaning "Port of Peace") is a commune and the capital of the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti on the Atlantic coast. It has a population of 462,000 (2015 IHSI estimate). Port-de-Paix used to be a large exporter of bananas and coffee. [1]
Jacmel (French pronunciation:; Haitian Creole: Jakmèl) is a commune in southern Haiti founded by the Spanish in 1504 and repopulated by the French in 1698. It is the capital of the department of Sud-Est, 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Port-au-Prince across the Tiburon Peninsula, and has an estimated population of 40,000, while the commune of Jacmel had a population of 137,966 at the 2003 Census.
Nord-Ouest (department) Nord-Ouest ( French) or Nòdwès ( Haitian Creole; both meaning "North West") is one of the ten departments of Haiti as well as the northernmost one. It has an area of 2,102.88 km 2 (811.93 sq mi) and a population of 728,807 (2015 Census). Its capital is Port-de-Paix .
Pétion-Ville ( Haitian Creole: Petyonvil) is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate from the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle. Founded in 1831 by president Jean-Pierre Boyer, it was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion (1770–1818), the Haitian general and president later ...
Time zone. UTC-5 ( Eastern) • Summer ( DST) UTC-4 (Eastern) Baraderes ( French pronunciation: [baʁadɛʁ]; Haitian Creole: Baradè) is a commune in the Nippes department in the southwest part of Haiti. The town has a picturesque market square. There are few shops and no hotels. The area economy is based on subsistence agriculture.