Les Palmes is a rural settlement in the Léogâne Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti.[2] There are more than 30,000 people living in the area.
Les Palmes | |
|---|---|
Rural settlement | |
  Les Palmes Location in Haiti | |
| Coordinates: 18°20′0″N 72°51′0″W / 18.33333°N 72.85000°W | |
| Country |  Haiti |
| Department | Ouest |
| Arrondissement | Léogâne |
| Population (7 August 2003)[1] | |
| • Total | 30,000 |
History
editThe name of the town means "the palms" in English.
During the 2010 Haiti earthquake, over 50 deaths were reported. The church, built about 1949, collapsed. Few homes were left in an inhabitable state.[3][4]
Geography
editThe town is in a mountainous area, on several mountain tops and within their enclosed valleys.[5]
Education
editThe village has seven parochial schools run by Notre Dame parish, an elementary and a secondary school.[3] They are privately funded community schools operating with the approval of the Ministry of Education. They are under the guidance of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince.
There are about 6,300 children living in the community.[6]
References
edit- ^ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
- ^ "Département du Sud-Est". Haiticulture.ch. 2010-01-28. Archived from the original on 2005-11-19.
- ^ a b "Church destroyed in Les Palmes, Haiti". 2010-01-28. Archived from the original on 2013-01-29.
- ^ Loafman, Mary Ann and Jim (5 February 2010). "Haiti Earthquake Report". indialantic, Florida: Hearts out to Haiti. p. 1.
- ^ Daniele S. Lantagne (June 2001). "Trihalomethane Formation in Rural Household Water Filtration Systems in Haiti" (PDF). mit.edu.
- ^ "Tragedy hits our three sister parishes in Haiti" (PDF). Indialantic, Florida: Holy Name of Jesus. 24 January 2010. p. 5.[permanent dead link]
18°20′N 72°51′W / 18.333°N 72.850°W
