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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.
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.
La Borde is a village in the Les Cayes commune of the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. [ 1 ] It is named after Jean-Joseph de Laborde , a French financier and slaveholder.
Sud: Arrondissement: Les Cayes: Elevation. 55 m (180 ft) Mercy is a village in the Les Cayes commune of the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. [1]
With an ERP of 6.0 kW, it is known as the radio with the most coverage in the area extending its coverage to the vicinity of the Sud-Est, Nippes and Grand'Anse Departments. Radio Platinum has also a significant power thus among the three most powerful radio station in Les Cayes Vicinity with Radio Macaya and Radio Tele 6 Univers
1803: 7 April: Toussaint died in the French prison of Fort de Joux. 18 May: The flag of Haiti was created during a meeting between Dessalines and Pétion in l'Arcahaie and sewn by Catherine Flon. 18 November: Battle of Vertières: During the last major battle of the revolution, Haitian forces under Dessalines and Pétion defeated the French. 19 ...
Godefroy is a village in the Les Cayes commune of the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. [1] References This page was last edited on 16 ...