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Petit-Trou-de-Nippes

Coordinates: 18°32′0″N 73°31′0″W / 18.53333°N 73.51667°W / 18.53333; -73.51667
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Petit-Trou-de-Nippes
Ti Twou de Nip
Petit-Trou-de-Nippes is located in Haiti
Petit-Trou-de-Nippes
Petit-Trou-de-Nippes
Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 18°32′0″N 73°31′0″W / 18.53333°N 73.51667°W / 18.53333; -73.51667
CountryHaiti
DepartmentNippes
ArrondissementAnse-à-Veau
Elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (7 August 2003)[1]
 • Total36,143

Petit-Trou-de-Nippes (French pronunciation: [pəti tʁu nip]; Haitian Creole: Ti Twou de Nip) is a commune in the Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement, in the Nippes department of Haiti. It has 36,143 inhabitants.

On 14 August 2021 it was near the epicenter of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that has killed at least 2,207 people and injured 12,268 more. The earthquake caused irreparable damage to the only health center in Petit Trou de Nippes. In October 2023, a U.S.-based nonprofit named Locally Haiti began building a new Community Hospital and Health Center in partnership with local leaders.

In 1963, the commune was devastated by Hurricane Flora, destroying 85% of the village.

The town's name means "Little hole of Nippes".[2]

References

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  1. ^ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
  2. ^ From Google translate from both Haitian creole and French to English.