Port-au-Prince Arrondissement
Encyclopedia
Port-au-Prince is an arrondissement
in the Ouest Department
of Haiti
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It has 2,109,516 inhabitants.
Postal codes in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement start with the number 61.
suffered much damage, and estimates of upwards of 50,000 deaths, with many facilities destroyed. In Pétionville
, the earthquake collapsed a hospital in the city. In Carrefour
, half of the buildings were destroyed in the worst-affected areas. Roughly half the structures were destroyed in Gressier
.
Arrondissements of Haiti
||The ten departments of Haiti are divided into 42 arrondissements. The arrondissements are listed below, by department:-Artibonite Department:*Dessalines*Gonaïves*Gros-Morne*Marmelade*Saint-Marc-Centre Department:*Cerca-la-Source*Hinche*Lascahobas...
in the Ouest Department
Ouest Department
Ouest is one of the ten departments of Haiti. It is the jurisdictional seat of the national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince. It has an area of and a population of 3,093,698 . It borders the Dominican Republic to the east.It is the second largest department in Haiti after the Artibonite...
of Haiti
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...
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It has 2,109,516 inhabitants.
Postal codes in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement start with the number 61.
Communes
The arondissement consists of the following communes:- Port-au-PrincePort-au-PrincePort-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
- CarrefourCarrefour, HaitiCarrefour is a largely residential and a commune in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. The commune had a population of 373,916 at the 2003 Census, and was officially estimated to have grown to 465,019 inhabitants in 2009. It is mostly a bedroom community for those who work in central...
- Cité SoleilCité SoleilCité Soleil 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 estimated 200,000 to 400,000 residents, the majority of whom live in extreme poverty...
- DelmasDelmas, OuestDelmas is a commune in Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest Department of Haiti. Delmas itself is an urban continuation of the capital city. Delmas is also the location of much of the area's commercial and industrial enterprise....
- GressierGressierGressier is a municipality in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest Department of Haiti.It has 25,947 inhabitants.-2010 7.0 earthquake:...
- KenscoffKenscoffKenscoff is a town 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 average cooler than the capital and during winter months...
- PétionvillePétionvillePétion-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. It was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion , the Haitian general and president later recognized as one of the country's four founding...
- TabarreTabarreTabarre is a municipality in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest Department of Haiti....
History
2010 7.0 Earthquake
On 12 January 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck in the arrondissement, the largest in Haiti in two centuries. The city of Port-au-PrincePort-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
suffered much damage, and estimates of upwards of 50,000 deaths, with many facilities destroyed. In Pétionville
Pétionville
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. It was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion , the Haitian general and president later recognized as one of the country's four founding...
, the earthquake collapsed a hospital in the city. In Carrefour
Carrefour, Haiti
Carrefour is a largely residential and a commune in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. The commune had a population of 373,916 at the 2003 Census, and was officially estimated to have grown to 465,019 inhabitants in 2009. It is mostly a bedroom community for those who work in central...
, half of the buildings were destroyed in the worst-affected areas. Roughly half the structures were destroyed in Gressier
Gressier
Gressier is a municipality in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, in the Ouest Department of Haiti.It has 25,947 inhabitants.-2010 7.0 earthquake:...
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See also
- Arrondissements of HaitiArrondissements of Haiti||The ten departments of Haiti are divided into 42 arrondissements. The arrondissements are listed below, by department:-Artibonite Department:*Dessalines*Gonaïves*Gros-Morne*Marmelade*Saint-Marc-Centre Department:*Cerca-la-Source*Hinche*Lascahobas...
- Communes of Haiti