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Les Cayes is a major port town. Due to political troubles in Port-au-Prince, many locals are considering a port and oil terminal in St-Louis du Sud, making the South completely autonomous. Les Cayes has a national airport Antoine-Simon, which has the potential for International flights connecting Haiti to Jamaica and Venezuela.
From May 14 to May 18, 1803, he then went to Arcahaie to organize the troops of the West with Gabart, Vernet, Pétion, Magloire Ambroise, and Cangé. Finally, on July 5, 1803, he was in Camp-Gérard outside of the city of Les Cayes to organize the troops in the South under the leadership of Nicolas Geffrard, Laurent Férou, Étienne Gérin.
Les Cayes (/ l eɪ ˈ k eɪ, l eɪ ˈ k aɪ / lay K(A)Y, French: [le kaj]), often referred to as Aux Cayes (French: [o kaj]; Haitian Creole: Okay), is a commune and seaport in the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti, with a population of 71,236. [1]
Rigaud was born on 17 January 1761 in Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue, to André Rigaud, a wealthy French planter, and Rose Bossy Depa, a slave woman.His father acknowledged the mixed-race (mulatto) boy as his at a young age and sent him to Bordeaux, where he was trained as a goldsmith.
In 1803, war resumed between France and Britain, and with the Royal Navy firmly in control of the seas, reinforcements and supplies for Rochambeau never arrived in sufficient numbers. To concentrate on the war in Europe, Napoleon signed the Louisiana Purchase in April, selling France's North American possessions to the United States.
In July 1793, the French in Les Cayes were massacred. [20] Despite the French proclamation of emancipation, the blacks sided with the Spanish who came to occupy the region. [21] In July 1794, Spanish forces stood by while the black troops of Jean-François massacred the French whites in Fort-Dauphin. [21]
Maniche (French pronunciation:; Haitian Creole: Manich) is a commune in the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. It has 21,766 inhabitants. It has 21,766 inhabitants. The villages of Maniche and Madame Jean Pierre is located in the commune.
The town was significantly affected by the 12 January 2010 earthquake. [1] On 20 January a strong aftershock of magnitude 5.9 M w struck Haiti. [2] The U.S. Geological Survey reported that its epicenter was almost exactly under Petit-Goâve.