2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne (Ouest Department), approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital.
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116 Articles of interest in Haiti
Click on them to get its location and coordinatesCitadelle Laferrière
The Citadelle Laferrière or, Citadelle Henry Christophe, or simply the Citadelle (English: Citadel), is a large mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti, approximately 17 miles (27 km) south of the city of Cap-Haïtien and five miles (8 km) uphill from…
Cap-Haïtien
Cap-Haïtien (Haitian Creole: Kap Ayisyen or Okap, English: Cape Haitian) often referred to as Le Cap, is a commune of about 190,000 people on the north coast of Haiti and capital of the Department of Nord. Previously named as Cap-Français, Cap-Henri…
Labadee
Labadee (also Labadie) is a port located on the northern coast of Haiti.
Haiti cholera outbreak
The ongoing Haiti cholera outbreak is the worst epidemic of cholera in recent history, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After the 2010 earthquake, in little over two years, as of August 2013, it has killed at least 8…
Toussaint Louverture International Airport
Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (French: Aéroport International Toussaint L'Ouverture) (IATA: PAP, ICAO: MTPP) is an international airport located in Tabarre, near Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
Sans-Souci Palace
The Sans-Souci Palace was the royal residence of King Henri I (better known as Henri Christophe) of Haiti, Queen Marie-Louise and their two daughters. It was the most important of nine palaces built by the king, as well as fifteen châteaux, numerous…
Cité Soleil
Cité Soleil (Haitian Creole: Site Solèy; English: Sun City) is an extremely impoverished and densely populated commune located in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in Haiti. Cité Soleil originally developed as a shanty town and grew to an estimat…
National Palace (Haiti)
The National Palace (French: Palais National) was the official residence of the President of Haiti, located in Port-au-Prince, facing Place L'Ouverture near the Champs de Mars.
La Navidad
La Navidad was a settlement that Christopher Columbus and his men established in present-day Haiti in 1492 from the remains of the Spanish ship, the Santa María.
Pétionville
Pétionville (also written Pétion-Ville) is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate of the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle. Founded in 1831 by then president Jean-Pierre Boyer, it wa…
Léogâne
Léogâne (Haitian Creole: Leyogàn) is a seaside commune in Ouest Department, Haïti. It is located in the eponymous arrondissement, the Léogâne Arrondissement. The port town is located about 29 km (18 mi) West of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. L…
Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement
Croix-des-Bouquets (Haitian Creole: Kwadèbouke) is an arrondissement in the Ouest Department of Haiti. It has 441,563 inhabitants.
Gonaïves
Gonaïves (Haitian Creole: Gonayiv) is a commune in northern Haiti, and the capital of the Artibonite Department. It has a population of about 300,000 people (2011 census). The city of Gonaives was founded in 1422 by Indians who named it "Gonaibo" (t…
Île-à-Vache
Île-à-Vache, (French, also expressed Île-à-Vaches, former Spanish name Isla Vaca, all translate to Cow Island) is a Caribbean island, one of Haiti's satellite islands. It lies in the Baie de Cayes about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) off the coast of the count…
Saint-Marc
Saint-Marc (Haitian Creole: Sen Mak) is a commune in western Haiti in the Artibonite Department. Its geographic coordinates are (19°7′N72°42′W). At the 2003 Census the municipality had 160,181 inhabitants.
Gonâve Island
Gonâve Island (French: Île de la Gonâve) is an island of Haiti located west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve. It is the largest of the Hispaniolan satellite islands. The island is an arrondissement (La Gonâve Arrondissement) in the …
Port-de-Paix
Port-de-Paix (Haitian Creole: Pòdepè or Pòdpè) is a commune and the capital of the département of Nord-Ouest in Haïti on the Atlantic coast.
Hugo Chávez International Airport
Hugo Chávez International Airport (formerly Cap-Haïtien International Airport) (IATA: CAP, ICAO: MTCH) is an airport serving Cap-Haïtien, a city in the Nord department in Haiti.
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Port-au-Prince
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de L'Assomption), often called Port-au-Prince Cathedral (French: Cathédrale de Port-au-Prince), was a cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Built between 1884 and 1914, it was …
Artibonite Department
Artibonite (Haitian Creole: Latibonit) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. With an area of 4,887 km2 it is Haiti's largest department. Artibonite has a population of 1,070,397 in 2003. The region is the country's main rice…
Pic la Selle
Pic la Selle (Kreyòl: Pik Lasel), also called Morne La Selle, is the highest peak in Haiti with a height of 2,680 metres (8,793 ft) above sea level. The mountain is part of the Chaîne de la Selle mountain range.
Carrefour, Ouest
Carrefour (Haitian Creole: Kafou; pronounced: [kafu]) is a largely residential commune in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. The city had a population of 373,916 at the 2003 Census, and was officially estimated to have grown to 465,019 inhabitant…
Marmelade
Marmelade (Haitian Creole: Mamlad) is a commune and former duchy in the Artibonite Department of Haïti.
1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake
The 1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake occurred at 12:50 UTC on 21 November in French Haiti, followed by a sea wave.
Nord Department (Haiti)
Nord (English: North, Haitian Creole: Nò) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It has an area of 2,106 km² and a population of 872,200 (2002).
Grand'Anse Department
Grand'Anse (Haitian Creole: Grandans) is one of the ten administrative departments (French: départements) of Haiti. Its capital is Jérémie.
Artibonite River
The Artibonite River is a 320 km long river in Haiti. It is the longest as well as the most important river in Haiti and the longest on the island of Hispaniola. Forming part of the international border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the …
Stade Sylvio Cator
Stade Sylvio Cator is a multi-purpose stadium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is currently used mostly for association football matches, and is turfed with artificial turf. The stadium bears the name of Haitian Olympic medalist and footballer Sylvio Ca…
Nippes Department
Nippes (Haitian Creole: Nip) is the newest department (French: département) of Haiti, having been split from Grand'Anse Department in 2003. The capital of the department is Miragoâne.
Milot, Haiti
Milot is a commune in the Nord Department of Haiti, 12 miles south of Cap-Haïtien. It is the site of Sans-Souci Palace, one of Haiti's most revered landmarks. The Citadelle Laferrière, Haiti's most well-known landmark, is five miles (8 km) by road t…
Etang Saumâtre
Étang Saumâtre (in English, brackish pond) is the largest lake in Haiti and the second largest lake in Hispaniola, after Lake Enriquillo. It is also known as Lac Azuéi (Lake Azuéi); it is called Lago del Fondo in the Dominican Republic.
Zanmi Lasante
Zanmi Lasante is a sister organization to the Boston-based Partners In Health that operates out of Cange in central Haiti. The name, Zanmi Lasante, means Partners In Health in Haitian Creole. It was built in 1985 to treat patients who were incapable…
Sud Department
Sud (English: South, Haitian Creole: Sid) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti.
Port-Salut
Port-Salut is a coastal commune in the Sud Department of Haiti .
Môle-Saint-Nicolas
Môle-Saint-Nicolas (Haitian Creole: Mòlsennikola or Omòl) is a commune in the north-western coast of Haiti. It is the chief town of the Môle-Saint-Nicolas Arrondissement in the department of Nord-Ouest.