Marmelade is a town and former duchy

Duchy

A duchy is a territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess.Some duchies were sovereign in areas that would become unified realms only during the Modern era . In contrast, others were subordinate districts of those kingdoms that unified either partially or completely during the Medieval era...

 in the Artibonite Department

Artibonite Department

Artibonite is one of the ten departments of Haiti. With an area of 4,984 km² it is Haiti's largest department. Artibonite has a population of 1,168,800 . The region is the country's main rice-growing area. The main cities are Gonaïves and Saint-Marc...

 of Haïti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

. It is the chief town of the Marmelade Arrondissement

Marmelade Arrondissement

Marmelade is an arrondissement in the Artibonite Department of Haiti.It has 120,193 inhabitants.Postal codes in the Marmelade Arrondissement start with the number 45.The arondissement consists of the following municipalities:...

, which also includes the commune of Saint Michel de l'Attalaye.

Marmelade is the home town of Président René Préval

René Préval

René Garcia Préval is a Haitian politician and agronomist who was the President of the Republic of Haiti from 14 May 2006 to 14 May 2011. He previously served as President from February 7, 1996, to February 7, 2001, and as Prime Minister from February 1991 to October 11, 1991.-Early life and...

. During the years following his first tenure, Préval initiated rural development projects in Marmelade, including a manufacture of bamboo

Bamboo

Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....

furniture.