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Jacmel (French pronunciation:; Haitian Creole: Jakmèl) is a commune in southern Haiti founded by the Spanish in 1504 [2] and repopulated by the French in 1698. It is the capital of the department of Sud-Est, 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Port-au-Prince across the Tiburon Peninsula, and has an estimated population of 40,000, while the commune of Jacmel had a population of 137,966 at the 2003 ...
People on the beach in Jacmel on Aug. 25, 2024. Residents in the port city in southeast Haiti fear that the gang violence of Port-au-Prince and its outskirts will eventually reach them.
Map of Haiti The National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti before the 2010 earthquake. The well-preserved Cathedral Notre-Dame of Cap-Haïtien Labadee beach and village Les Cayes entrance Colonial architecture in Les Cayes Church in Anse d'Hainault Administrative center in Corail Jean-Jacques Dessalines Legacy Statue Saut-d'Eau Waterfall Les Cayes Cathedral Labadee beach, Haïti, close to Cap ...
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 time zone is GMT –5, and is in World Area Code region #238 (by the U.S. Department of Transportation ).
Jacmel (Haitian Creole: Jakmèl) is an arrondissement in the Sud-Est department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 338,728 inhabitants. As of 2015, the population was 338,728 inhabitants. [ 1 ]
City/town Type Notes Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption: Port-au-Prince cathedral [15] Christopher Hotel: Port-au-Prince hotel Ciné Institute: Jacmel school Haiti's only film school, "lost two buildings" [19] Holy Trinity Cathedral: Port-au-Prince cathedral "devastated" [15] Hôtel Montana: Port-au-Prince hotel Jacmel Airport: Jacmel ...
The main road through the Department is the RN2 connecting Okay to Miragwàn and Pòtoprens The RD203 connects to Jacmel. The RD205 connects to Tiburon. 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 (/ 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]