Ouanaminthe
Coordinates: 19 ° 33 ′ N , 71 ° 44 ′ W
Ouanaminthe is a Haitian city in the Nord-Est department right on the border with the Dominican Republic . The Haitians call the city Wanemèt, the Dominicans call it Juana Méndez.
The population, including the surrounding area, is 106,129 people (2015), including 10,000 refugees who came here after the 2010 earthquake. The city itself had an estimated 70,905 inhabitants in 2015. The border river Río Dajabón runs between Ouanaminthe and Dajabón in the Dominican Republic. This river is also called Río Masacre after a massacre in which between 25,000 and 37,000 black sugar cane workers from Haiti working in the Dominican Republic were killed on behalf of the Dominican dictator Trujillo .
The Ouanaminthe arrondissement of the same name is one of the four in the Nord-Est department with the capital Fort-Liberté .
The border crossing to Dajabón is one of the four main connections to the Dominican Republic. Twice a week the borders are fully open to the Dajabón market. Visitors are offered the extremely colorful picture of a lively market. Mainly agricultural products such as bananas and mangoes, but also fish of all kinds and everyday items are offered. According to ZEIT, 30,000 market visitors come to the stands of the 3,000 dealers every day.
Two large churches shape the cityscape: the Catholic Church: Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption , and the General Baptist Church. The name of the city goes back to a naming of the indigenous people, the Tainos .
In the Dominican Republic the city is named Juana Méndez after a black slave, mother of Buenaventura Báez , who was president of the Dominican Republic five times; but just as common is the name in Haitian : Wanament or Wanamèt .
sons and daughters of the town
- Jean-Baptiste Dureau de La Malle (1742–1807), French writer and member of the Académie française
- Jean Jacques Dessalines Michel Cincinnatus Leconte (1854–1912), Haitian politician and President
Web links
- Dajabón , Encyclopædia Britannica
- Haiti: the real story behind the jeans made in Ouanaminthe
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- ↑ IHSI: population total - Estimes en 2015 , Retrieved on June 8, 2017
- ↑ On the way to the market in Dajabon. Die ZEIT, March 21, 2012 , accessed on June 8, 2017