Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Grann Rivyè dinò | |
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Commune | |
Coordinates: 19°35′0″N72°11′0″W / 19.58333°N 72.18333°W Coordinates: 19°35′0″N72°11′0″W / 19.58333°N 72.18333°W | |
Country | Haiti |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Grande-Rivière-du-Nord |
Elevation | 91 m (299 ft) |
Grande-Rivière-du-Nord (Haitian Creole : Grann Rivyè dinò) is a commune in the Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord Department of Haiti. Jean-Jacques Dessalines was born there in 1758 on the Cormiers plantation. [1]
Grande-Rivière-du-Nord is an arrondissement in the Nord Department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 64,613 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Arrondissement start with the number 13.
Nord is one of the ten departments of Haiti. It has an area of 2,114.91 km² and a population of 1,067,177 (2015). Its capital is Cap-Haïtien.
In the administrative divisions of Haiti, the department is the first of four levels of government. Haiti is divided administratively into ten departments, which are further subdivided into 42 arrondissements, 145 communes, and 571 communal sections.
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Fort Rivière is a ruined mountain fort on the summit of Montagne Noire, Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement. It's located on the north coast of Haiti and to the south of Grande-Rivière-du-Nord and 20 miles south of Cap-Haïtien. It was a French bastion fort that was the site of the defeat of the Haitian rebel force called the Cacos on 17 November 1915.
A French creole, or French-based creole language, is a creole language for which French is the lexifier. Most often this lexifier is not modern French but rather a 17th-century koiné of French from Paris, the French Atlantic harbors, and the nascent French colonies. French-based creole languages are spoken natively by millions of people worldwide, primarily in the Americas and on archipelagos throughout the Indian Ocean. This article also contains information on French pidgin languages, contact languages that lack native speakers.
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An arrondissement is a level of administrative division in Haiti.
Bahon, sometimes called Bohon, is a commune in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Arrondissement in the Nord, department of Haiti. It is located on the Grand Rivière du Nord (river). It was formerly (1915) located on the railroad south from Cap-Haïtien.
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Pestel is a commune in the Corail Arrondissement, in the Grand'Anse department of Haiti. It has 36,138 inhabitants. The commune also includes the Cayemite Islands.
Acul-du-Nord is a commune in the Acul-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti.
Grande Rivière du Nord is a small coastal river that has its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean located in the Nord department of Haiti.
Jean-Baptiste Chavannes was a Haitian abolitionist and soldier.
The communal section is the smallest administrative division in Haiti. The 145 communes are further divided into 571 communal sections.
Three Bays Protected Area is the second largest declared protected area in Haiti after the Port Salut/Aquin Protected Area. The Three Bays Protected Area has a boundary perimeter of approximately 170 km (110 mi) encompassing over 75,000 ha. The area contains some of the most extensive and healthiest fringing and barrier coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangrove forests in the country, which provide critical coastal protection and ecosystem services for its seaside communities. The area is biologically productive but extremely overfished by many regional communities.
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