Kenscoff is a commune in the Ouest Department of Haiti, located in mountainous country some 10 kilometres to the southeast of the capital Port-au-Prince. The altitude is approximately 1500 meters. Because of its altitude, the temperature is on avera…
The Port international de Port-au-Prince (UN/LOCODE: HTPAP) is the seaport in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince.
The Hôtel Montana is a hotel in the Pétionville suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Built in 1946, the hotel was a popular four star tourist resort until the main building collapsed along with most buildings in the city during the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Centre (Haitian Creole: Sant) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti, located in the center of the country, along the border with the Dominican Republic. It has an area of 3,487 km² and a population of 565,043 in 2003. Its cap…
Sud-Est (English: South-East, Haitian Creole: Sidès) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It has an area of 2,023 km² and a population of 518,200 (2002). Its capital is Jacmel. It used to be part of Ouest Department[when?].…
Nord-Ouest (English: North-West, Haitian Creole: Nòdwès) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti as well as the northernmost one. It has an area of 2,176 km² and a population of 445,080 (2003 Census).
Nord-Est (English: North-East, Haitian Creole: Nòdès) is one of the ten departments (French: départements) of Haiti. It has an area of 1,623 km² and a population of 300,493 as of 2003. Its capital is Fort-Liberté. It used to be part of Nord Departme…
Grand Goâve (Haitian Creole: Grangwav) is a commune in the Ouest Department of southwestern Haiti.
The Capture of Fort-Dauphin was a bloodless encounter of the French Revolutionary Wars on which a Spanish expedition under Gabriel de Aristizábal seized Fort-Liberté, then named Fort-Dauphin, from Revolutionary France.
Dubé and Dube are common surnames, mostly French-based.
Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite is a commune in the Artibonite Department of Haiti.
The Gulf of Gonâve (French: Golfe de la Gonâve) is a large gulf along the western coast of Haiti. Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince, is located on the coast of the gulf. Other cities on the gulf coast include Gonaïves, Saint-Marc, Miragoâne, and …
Cavaellon or Cavaillon, (Haitian Creole: Kavayon) is a commune and a rural town located in the Aquin Arrondissementof the Sud Department of Haiti.
Montrouis is a coastal town in western Haïti. It is located at around (18°57′2″N72°42′16″W) in the Artibonite Department. Montrouis is also one of the most important beach tourism destinations in Haiti, with several well renowned hotels and resorts…
Lulu Town is a now uninhabited, former settlement on Navassa Island, claimed by both the United States and neighbouring Haiti, in the Caribbean.
Jacmel Airport (IATA: JAK, ICAO: MTJA) was the sixth busiest airport in Haiti by passenger volume before the 2010 Haitian earthquake, near the city of Jacmel, on Haiti's south coast. The airport's timezone is GMT –5, and is in World Area Code region…
Canaan, Haiti, is a suburb of Croix-des-Bouquets in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, where a large number of victims are settling after the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake that hit the country in January.
Bombardopolis (Haitian Creole: Bonbadopolis) is a commune located in the hilly country in northwestern Haiti within in the Nord-Ouest Department and the Arrondissement de Môle-Saint-Nicolas.
The Pétionville school collapse occurred on November 7, 2008, in Pétionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when the church-operated Collège La Promesse Évangélique ("The Evangelical Promise School") collapsed at around 10:00 a.m. local time (1…
The 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake took place at 7:15 pm on June 3, 1770, on the Enriquillo fault near Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue, the French colony that is now the country of Haiti.
Saint-Raphaël (Haitian Creole: Sen Rafayèl) is an arrondissement in the Nord Department of Haiti. It has 117,530 inhabitants.
The Raboteau massacre was an incident on April 22, 1994, in which military and paramilitary forces attacked the neighborhood of Raboteau Gonaïves, Haiti, the citizens of which had been participating in pro-Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrations.
The Péligre Dam is a gravity dam located off the Centre Department on the Artibonite River of Haiti. At 72 m (236 ft) it is the tallest dam in Haiti. The dam was created as a flood-control and an energy-providing measure in the Artibonite River Vall…
The Massif de la Hotte is a mountain range in southwestern Haiti, on the far-western end of the Tiburon Peninsula. The region is relatively remote and is one of the most biologically diverse and significant areas of all of Hispaniola. It also suppor…
Fort-Liberté (Haitian Creole: Fòlibète) is an arrondissement in the Nord-Est Department of Haiti. It has 51,550 inhabitants.
Fort de Rocher (sometimes called Fort de la Roche or Dovecote) was a seventeenth-century fortress on the Caribbean island of Tortuga, "Ile de la Tortue" Northwest of Haiti. It was built and utilized by buccaneers as the primary defense of the island…
Chaîne de la Selle is the name of a mountain chain in Haiti. Part of it is Pic la Selle, which is the highest point of Haiti at a height of 2,680 meters (8,793 feet) above sea level.
Bahon (Haitian Creole: Bawon), sometimes called Bohon, is a commune in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Arrondissement, Nord Department, Haiti. It is located on the Grand Rivière du Nord (river). It was formerly (1915) located on the railroad south from Cap-H…
Vallières (Haitian Creole: Valyè) is an arrondissement in the Nord-Est Department of Haiti. It has 52,763 inhabitants.
Port-de-Paix Airport (IATA: PAX, ICAO: MTPX) is in passenger numbers, the third airport in Haiti and is located in the city with the same name, Port-de-Paix, on the north coast of Haiti.
Pic Macaya (Macaya Peak) is the second highest mountain in Haiti (after Pic la Selle) and the fifth highest in the Caribbean, rising to an elevation of 2,347 metres (7,700 ft) above sea level.
Jérémie Airport (IATA: JEE, ICAO: MTJE) is the fifth busiest airport in Haiti in terms of passenger traffic and is located in the city with the same name, Jérémie, in the southwest of Haiti.
Hinche (Haitian Creole: Ench) is an arrondissement in the Centre Department of Haiti. It has 180,803 inhabitants.
Grande-Rivière-du-Nord (Haitian Creole: Grann Rivyè dinò) is an arrondissement in the Nord Department of Haiti. It has 50,692 inhabitants.
Belle-Anse (Haitian Creole: Bèlans) is an arrondissement in the Sud-Est Department of Haiti. It has 107,446 inhabitants.
Baraderes (Haitian Creole: Baradè) is a commune in the Nippes Department in the southwest part of Haiti. The town has a picturesque market square with a large church. There are few shops and no hotels. The area economy is based on subsistence agricu…