Casale (also Cazale or Cazales) is a village in the

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commune in the Arcahaie Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of

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. It is located in a mountainous region around from

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 me ...

, the capital. It is the main population center of the Polish community in Haiti, called ''La Pologne'' (Poland). The name ''Cazale'' may have originated as ''kay Zalewski'', meaning "home of Zalewski" (a popular Polish surname). The village is populated by descendants of Polish soldiers sent by Napoleon in 1802.

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Populated places in Ouest (department) Polish diaspora in North America Polish communities {{Haiti-geo-stub

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