Île de la Gonâve
| Île de la Gonâve | ||
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| Waters | Gulf of Gonâve , Caribbean Sea | |
| Archipelago | Greater Antilles | |
| Geographical location | 18 ° 50 ′ N , 73 ° 5 ′ W | |
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| length | 56 km | |
| width | 16 km | |
| surface | 689.62 km² | |
| Highest elevation |
Morne La Pierre 778 m |
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| Residents | 79,188 (2009) 115 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Anse-à-galets | |
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The Île de la Gonâve (formerly Île de la Gonaïve ) is an island in the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean , which is part of the national territory of Haiti . The island is an arrondissement in the Haitian Ouest department and consists of the communes Anse-à-Galets (capital of the arrondissement) and Pointe-à-Raquette . The postcodes on the Île de La Gonâve begin with 65.
The 743 km² island is located 50 kilometers west-northwest of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and just under 30 km north of the Tiburon Peninsula in the Gulf of Gonâve , has a length of about 56 kilometers and a maximum width of 16 kilometers. It is therefore the largest neighboring island of Hispaniola , consists largely of limestone , is surrounded by reefs , in large parts arid, barren and hilly and reaches its highest point at an altitude of 778 meters.
The island is bounded by the following waters:
- North: Canal du Saint Marc
- South: Canal du Sud
- West: Golfe de la Gonâve
- East: Baie de Port-au-Prince
The annual amount of precipitation is between 800 and 1600 mm per year due to the altitude, with the higher regions receiving more precipitation. Overgrazing and wasting water affect the lives of the approximately 200,000 (2005 estimate) islanders. The island has no running water.
The Île de la Gonâve was the last refuge of the Taínos in Haiti after they fled Hispaniola to the Île de la Gonâve in 1503. It is from them that today's name of the island comes from, which they gave the name Guanabo . Later the island was the seat of pirates . In 1925, during the US occupation, the US officer Faustin Wirkus appointed himself King Faustino II ( "le roi blanc de la Gonâve" ), but was expelled in 1929 by the Haitian government. As a result of a hurricane that devastated parts of southern Haiti in 1976, survivors settled on the Île de la Gonâve and founded the island's first agricultural villages.
Individual evidence
- ↑ POPULATION TOTALE, POPULATION DE 18 ANS ET PLUS MENAGES ET DENSITES ESTIMES EN 2009. (PDF) Accessed December 25, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon (1905)
- ^ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( Memento October 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Faustin Wirkus on poles.org
