Mirebalais ( ht, Mibalè) is a commune in the

Centre Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...

department of

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and s ...

, approximately 60 km northeast of

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

on National Road 3. The city was established in 1702. American Rotarians have made a number of mission-type trips to the city and surrounding areas since the 1980s. Located along the

hydroelectric power Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...

transmission grid, the city normally has electricity throughout the day and night. During the United Nations occupation of 2005,

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

ese troops were stationed in the city, using the city jail as their headquarters. A U.S. military

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cargo plane carried out a large airdrop of food and supplies here in the wake of the

2010 Haiti earthquake A catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest department, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's ca ...

Health

Mirebalais is served by the teaching hospital

Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais is a hospital in Mirebalais that was created by Partners In Health after the 2010 Haiti earthquake A catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tues ...

, the largest solar-operated hospital in the world.

Sport

Mirebalais is home to the

AS Mirebalais Association Sportive Mirebalais (; commonly referred to as AS Mirebalais) is a professional football club based in Mirebalais, Haiti. History Association Sportive Mirebalais is a result of a merger of all clubs from Mirebalais Mirebalais ( ht ...

sports team.

Notable Mirebalaisians

* (1877-9 March 1920) successor to Charlemagne Péralte leading the Cacos resistance to the US occupation of Haiti. *

Madame Max Adolphe Madame Max Adolphe (née , also known as ) (Mirebalais, Haiti, September 10, 1925) was the right hand woman of former Haitian president François Duvalier, who used the nickname "PapaDoc". In 1961 she and Aviole Paul-Blanc were elected to Parli ...

(b. 1925; whereabouts unknown), a notorious torturer and leader of the Duvalier regime.

References

Populated places in Centre (department) Populated places established in 1703 Communes of Haiti 1703 establishments in the French colonial empire {{Haiti-geo-stub