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Gonaïves (Haitian Creole: Gonayiv) is an arrondissement in the Artibonite department of Haiti. It has 263,858 inhabitants. [1] Postal codes in the Gonaïves Arrondissement start with the number 41. The arrondissement consists of the following municipalities: Gonaïves; Ennery; L'Estère
In 2010 Coordinated relief efforts after the 12 January earthquake. $250,000 was raised for this relief project. Medical supplies, building supplies, 150 tons of rice and beans and a backhoe were purchased. Aid was shipped to La Gonâve via a leased vessel and delivered directly to La Gonâve in early March 2010.
Anse-à-Galets (Haitian Creole: Ansagalèt) is a commune and city in the La Gonâve Arrondissement, in the Ouest department on Gonâve Island in Haiti, located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve. It is the largest commune on the island and has 62,559 inhabitants.
Pointe-à-Raquette (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t a ʁakɛt]; Haitian Creole: Pwentarakèt) is a commune in the La Gonâve Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. It has 22,886 inhabitants.
Gonaïves is also known as Haiti's city of independence, because it was the location of Jean-Jacques Dessalines declaring Haiti independent from France on January 1, 1804, by reading the Act of Independence, drafted by Boisrond Tonnerre, on the Place d'Armes of the town.
Haiti’s government on Thursday doubled down on the construction of a canal on Haitian soil that would divert water from a river it shares with the Dominican Republic, which in response last week ...
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. The magnitude of the aftershock was initially reported as 6.1 by the USGS, but was later revised to 5.9. [3]
Anse-à-Galets Airport is a shoreline airport in Anse-à-Galets, La Gônave, Haiti. This airport is served by charter airlines from Port-au-Prince. Gonâve Island (French: Île de la Gonâve) is an island of Haiti 55 kilometres (34 mi) to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve.