Miragoâne ( ht, Miragwàn) is a coastal

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in western

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and the capital of the

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department. It is also the headquarters of the

Miragoâne Arrondissement Miragoâne ( ht, Miragwàn) is an arrondissement in the Nippes department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 141,826 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Miragoâne Arrondissement start with the number 74. The arondissement consists of the fol ...

. 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. The port was used by

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aluminum for export of bauxite which was mined inland between the 1960s and 1980s. It is now the site of a collaboration between

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and the Bigio family's GB Group for further port development.

Notes

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