Dessalines (city)
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Coordinates: 19 ° 16 ′ N , 72 ° 31 ′ W Dessalines on the map of Haiti
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| Department | Artibonite | |
| Residents | 165,424 (2009) | |
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| Waters | Caribbean | |
| Time zone | UTC -5 | |
| City Presidency | Claude Emile Pierre | |
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Dessalines is a city in the Artibonite department in northern Haiti . It was named after Jean-Jacques Dessalines , the first ruler of independent Haiti.
The city is located on road 112 on the Riviere Estber around 80 kilometers northeast of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince at an altitude of 159 meters above sea level. 165,424 inhabitants live in Dessalines. In 1986 the Claire Heureuse Hospital was built.
In 1804 Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared his hometown Marchand the capital and renamed it Dessalines . After his violent death in 1806, his successor Henri Christophe made Milot the capital.
sons and daughters of the town
- Charles Peters Barthélus (* 1970), clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Port-de-Paix
Web links
Commons : Dessalines - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ gocaho.org/400614.ihtml ( Memento from September 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive )