Saint Louis du Sud (; ) is a coastal
commune in the
Aquin Arrondissement
Aquin () is an arrondissement in the Sud Department of 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 ...
, in the
Sud department of
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 ...
. Home to Fort des Oliviers, Fort Anglais and Bonnet Carré, the town is also the location of the 1748
Battle of Saint-Louis-du-Sud. Saint Louis du Sud is home to over 59,042 inhabitants.
Settlements
On August 14, 2021 an M7.2 earthquake struck 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of the commune. It is the largest earthquake in Haiti since the M7.0 in 2010 that killed 316,000 people
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Populated places in Sud (department)
Communes of Haiti
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