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Fort-Liberté (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ libɛʁte]; Haitian Creole: Fòlibète) is a commune and administrative capital of the Nord-Est department of Haiti. It is close to the border of the Dominican Republic and is one of the oldest cities in the country. Haiti's independence was proclaimed here on November 29, 1803. [2] [3]
Fort-Liberté (Haitian Creole: Fòlibète) is an arrondissement in the Nord-Est department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 60,632 inhabitants. [1] Postal codes in the Fort-Liberté Arrondissement start with the number 21. The arondissement consists of the following communes: Fort-Liberté; Ferrier; Perches
Nord-Est (French, pronounced ⓘ) or Nodès (Haitian Creole; both meaning "North East") is one of the ten departments of Haiti, located in northern Haiti. It has an area of 1,623 km 2 (627 sq mi), making it the smallest of all the departments. It had an estimated population of 393,967 as of 2015. [3] Its capital is Fort-Liberté.
The St. Joseph's Cathedral [1] (French: Cathédrale Saint-Joseph; Cathédrale Saint-Joseph de Fort-Liberté) [2] also called Fort-Liberté Cathedral is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Fort-Liberté (freedom Fort or Fòlibète in Haitian Creole), capital of the northeastern department (Département Nord-Est) in the Caribbean country of Haiti.
In company with members of the Fifteenth Company of Marines, all mounted, First Lieutenant Ostermann left Fort Liberte, Haiti, for a 6-day reconnaissance. After dark on the evening of 24 October 1915, while crossing the river in a deep ravine, the detachment was suddenly fired upon from 3 sides by about 400 Cacos concealed in bushes about 100 ...
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Missionary Flights International, a Fort Pierce-based nonprofit, is grounded from delivering supplies and transporting aide workers to and from Haiti until Dec. 12.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort-Liberté (Latin: Dioecesis Castelli Libertatis), erected 31 January 1991, is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien. On 25 October 2014, Pope Francis appointed Quesnel Alphonse , S.M.M. as bishop of Fort-Liberté.