Maïssade

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Maïssade (Haiti)
Maïssade
Maïssade
Basic data
Country : Haiti
Department : Center
Height: 297 m above sea level
Area : 4.78 km²
Residents : 11,234
Population density : 2,350 inhabitants / km²
local community
Surface: 288.43 km²
Residents : 53,602
Population density : 186 inhabitants / km²

Maïssade ( Haitian Mayisad ) is a Haitian community and a place of this community in the Center department . The community has 53,602 inhabitants, the place 11,234 inhabitants (2009). The place is about 50 kilometers west of the border with the Dominican Republic and 64 kilometers from Cap-Haïtien in the north.

Economically, the city is mainly shaped by agriculture. The cultivation of coffee , cotton , sugar cane and fruit is important. In addition, honey produced.

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  1. Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI), p. 35 (estimate) (PDF; 461 kB)

Coordinates: 19 ° 11 ′  N , 72 ° 8 ′  W