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Léogâne
Léogâne (; ) is one of the coastal communes in Haiti. It is located in the eponymous Léogâne Arrondissement, which is part of the Ouest Department. The port town is located about west of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Léogâne has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature, cuisine, and architecture. It also holds importance for archaeological and historical sites such as Fort Campan. The town was at the epicenter of the 12 January 2010 earthquake and was catastrophically affected, with 80–90% of buildings damaged. This is because the country could not afford earthquake-proof buildings as it is very poor. History At the time of the arrival of the Europeans in 1492, Yaguana—modern-day Léogâne—was the capital of Jaragua, one of the five chiefdoms on the island of Hispaniola. This province was the last independent holdout during the Spanish conquest of Hispaniola until the Taíno queen Anacaona, who was born in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouest (department)
Ouest (French language, 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. It has an area of and a population of 4,029,705 (2015 estimate), making it both the largest department by area and the most populated department in Haiti. History Taino period The department was part of the Jaragua, Hispaniola, Xaragua kasika under the leadership of Anacaona. There are many native settlements in the department notably around Arcahaie, Arcahaie, Ouest, Akaya, Etang Saumâtre, Azuei Lake, Léogâne, Yaguana, the Gonâve Island, island of Guanabo and Petit-Goâve, Goava. It is understood that the Azuei Plaine region was used as a hunting ground for the natives. The island of Gonave is the last point of refuge for the Taino natives. Spanish period One of the only Spanish set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léogâne Arrondissement
Léogâne () is an arrondissement in the Ouest Department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 509,280 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Léogâne Arrondissement start with the number 62. The arrondissement consists of the following communes: * Léogâne * Petit-Goâve * Grand-Goâve History 2010 7.0 earthquake On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the arrondissement. The city of Léogâne was estimated to be 80–90% destroyed. Petit Goâve was greatly affected by the quake. All public buildings in Grand-Goâve Grand Goâve () is a commune in the Léogâne Arrondissement in the Ouest department of southwestern Haiti. The Rivière de Grand Goâve passes to the east of the town. It is bridged by National Route No. 2 to the south and forded by Rue To ... were destroyed. La Presse (Montreal)"Deux Québécoises sont mortes à Grand-Goâve" Émilie Côté, 18 January 2010 (accessed 21 January 2010) See also * Trouin References Arrondissement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacaona
Anacaona (1474?–1504), or Golden Flower, was a Taíno cacica, or female ''cacique'' (chief), religious expert, poet and composer born in Xaragua. Before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492, bohio or babeque to the Taínos (the Spaniards named it La Española, i.e., Hispaniola — now known as the Dominican Republic and Haiti) was divided into five kingdoms, i.e., Xaragua, Maguana, Higüey, Maguá, and Marién. Anacaona was born into a family of caciques. She was the sister of Bohechío, the ruler of Xaragua. She succeeded Bohechío as cacica after his death. In 1503, Nicolás Ovando, the governor of the island, visited Xaragua. He suspected an insurrection was brewing among the Taíno chiefs, including Anacaona, presently in the kingdom. Ovando gave the order for the caciques to be captured and burned. Anacaona was hanged. Early life and family Anacaona was born in Yaguana (present-day Léogâne, Haiti), the capital of Jaragua, in 1474 (?). Her name was derived fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Haiti Earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake that 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), Ouest department, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded. An estimated three million people were affected by the quake. Death toll estimates range from 100,000 to about 160,000 to Haitian government figures from 220,000 to 316,000, although these latter figures are a matter of some dispute. The earthquake is the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century for a single country. The government of Haiti estimated that 250,000 residential area, residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. Haiti's history of External debt of Haiti, national debt, prejudicial trade policies by other countries, and for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Republic. Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean, and with an estimated population of 11.4 million, is the most populous Caribbean country. The capital and largest city is Port-au-Prince. Haiti was originally inhabited by the Taíno people. In 1492, Christopher Columbus established the first European settlement in the Americas, La Navidad, on its northeastern coast. The island was part of the Spanish Empire until 1697, when the western portion was Peace of Ryswick, ceded to France and became Saint-Domingue, dominated by sugarcane sugar plantations in the Caribbean, plantations worked by enslaved Africans. The 1791–1804 Haitian Revolution made Haiti the first sovereign state in the Caribbean, the second republic in the Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communal Section
The communal section (, formerly section rurale) is the smallest administrative division in Haiti. The 144 List of communes of Haiti, communes are further divided into 571 communal sections. Operation It is headed by an executive body, the CASEC (Board of Communal Section) and a deliberative body, ASEC (Assembly of the Communal Section). These two institutions are aided by CDSC (the Development Council of the Communal Section). Within each, there are cities or neighborhoods, communities, ''habitations'', and '' lakou '' with sometimes difficult to grasp distinctions. List of communal sections of Haiti Artibonite (department), Artibonite Department Dessalines Arrondissement =Desdunes= * Desdunes =Dessalines= * Villard, Haiti, Villard * Fosse Naboth ou Duvallon * Ogé * Poste Pierrot * Fiéfé ou Petit Cahos * ll Croix ou Grand Cahos =Grande-Saline, Haiti, Grande-Saline= * Poteneau =Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite= * Bas Coursin I * Bas Coursin II * Labady * Savane à Roche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Communes Of Haiti
The commune () is the third-level divisions of Haiti. The 10 departments have 42 arrondissements, which are divided into 147 communes and then into 571 communal sections. Communes are roughly equivalent to civil townships and incorporated municipalities. Administration Each commune has a municipal council (''conseil municipal'') compound of three members elected by the inhabitants of the commune for a 4-year term. The municipal council is led by a president often called ''mayor''.Each commune has a municipal assembly (''assemblée municipale'') who assists the council in its work. The members of the assembly are also elected for 4 years. Each commune is ruled by a municipality. List Artibonite * Dessalines Arrondissement ** Dessalines ** Desdunes ** Grande-Saline ** Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite * Gonaïves Arrondissement ** Gonaïves ** Ennery ** L'Estère * Gros Morne Arrondissement ** Gros-Morne ** Anse-Rouge ** Terre-Neuve * Marmelade Arrondissement ** Marmelad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of Haiti
The commune () is the third-level divisions of Haiti. The 10 departments have 42 arrondissements, which are divided into 147 communes and then into 571 communal sections. Communes are roughly equivalent to civil townships and incorporated municipalities. Administration Each commune has a municipal council (''conseil municipal'') compound of three members elected by the inhabitants of the commune for a 4-year term. The municipal council is led by a president often called ''mayor''.Each commune has a municipal assembly (''assemblée municipale'') who assists the council in its work. The members of the assembly are also elected for 4 years. Each commune is ruled by a municipality. List Artibonite * Dessalines Arrondissement ** Dessalines ** Desdunes ** Grande-Saline ** Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite * Gonaïves Arrondissement **Gonaïves ** Ennery ** L'Estère * Gros Morne Arrondissement ** Gros-Morne ** Anse-Rouge ** Terre-Neuve * Marmelade Arrondissement ** Marmelade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissements Of Haiti
An ''arrondissement'' (; ) is a level of administrative division in Haiti. , the 10 departments of Haiti were divided into 42 arrondissements. Arrondissements are further divided into communes and communal sections. The term arrondissement can be roughly translated into English as district. A more etymologically precise, but less allegorical, definition would be encirclements, from the French ''arrondir'', to encircle. Because no single translation adequately conveys the layered sense of the word, the French term is usually used in English writing. The Arrondissements are listed below, by department: List References External linksCode Postal Haitien See a ...
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Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince ( ; ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Haiti, most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is defined by the IHSI as including the Communes of Haiti, communes of Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Ouest, Delmas, Cité Soleil, Tabarre, Carrefour, Ouest, Carrefour, and Pétion-Ville. The city of Port-au-Prince is on the Gulf of Gonâve: the bay on which the city lies, which acts as a natural harbor, has sustained economic activity since the civilizations of the Taíno. It was first incorporated under Saint-Domingue, French colonial rule in 1749. The city's layout is similar to that of an amphitheater; commercial districts are near the water, while residential neighborhoods are located on the hills above. Its population is difficult to ascertain due to the rapid growth of slums in the hillsides above the city; however, recent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaragua, Hispaniola
The cacicazgo of Jaragua, also written as ''Xaragua'', was one of the five chiefdoms in the island of Hispaniola, stretching across the southwest; delimited to the north by the cacicazgo of Marién, to the south by the Caribbean Sea, to the east by the cacicazgo of Maguana, and to the west by the Jamaica Channel. Jaragua emerged as the union of two previous cacicazgos, ''Zui'' and ''Yáquimo''. Jaragua was ruled by the cacique . It had the largest area of the chiefdoms on the island. He had his seat at a place called Guava, near the present-day city of Léogâne, Haiti; it was divided into 26 nitaínos. The situation among the native people was that Bohechío, the brother of Anacaona, had to reside within the subchiefdom of Yáquimo, which was waging a war against two earlier, more culturally primitive native settlers of Quisqueya, one of them located in the region of Yuboa and the other in the extreme southwest of the island called Guacayarima. Bohechío required a double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport's 1592 Expedition
Newport's 1592 expedition was a series of privateering attacks which took place between April and June 1592 on the Spanish Main, mostly on the island of Hispaniola between an English raiding force led by Christopher Newport and defending Spanish garrisons. The largest engagement took place at the town of La Yaguana. Newport then completed his expedition by raiding settlements and shipping in the Bay of Honduras before heading home without losing any ships. Background In 1590, Christopher Newport in a partnership with famed London Merchant John Watts had participated in the highly successful expedition to the Caribbean. Newport lost an arm during a fight to capture a Spanish galleon, but despite his injury, Newport still wanted to continue with his privateering raids. The following year he conducted another highly successful expedition by blockading Havana. Back in England during the winter of 1591/1592, Newport prepared for another expedition to the Caribbean as a joint stock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
