Saint-Marc (Haiti)
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| Country : | Haiti | ||
| Department : | Artibonite | ||
| Height: | 127 m above sea level | ||
| Area : | 11.19 km² | ||
| Residents : | 127,747 | ||
| Population density : | 10,969 inhabitants / km² | ||
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| Area : | 556.56 km² | ||
| Residents : | 242,485 | ||
| Population density : | 436 inhabitants / km² | ||
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Saint-Marc is a port city in the Artibonite department in northern Haiti . The city is located on Road 1 and 100, around 80 kilometers northwest of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince . In 2009 there were 127,747 inhabitants in Saint-Marc. More than 242,000 people lived in the entire community in 2009.
In addition to the port - one of the most important in the country - and the churches of Saint-Marc ( Catholic ), the Adventist Church and the Baptist Church, there are eight schools in Saint-Marc, the St. Nicolas Hospital, a distillery, a prison, a cemetery, a soccer field and a football field as well as the Place Publice .
history
The city was founded by the French in 1695 near an old Taíno settlement. In 1905 the Compagnie Nationale built a 100 km long railway line between Port-au-Prince and Saint-Marc.
In 2004 there were serious clashes between government opponents and the security forces in Haiti. In February 2004, 50 opposition activists are said to have been killed in Saint-Marc during the unrest . Former Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune was therefore arrested in June 2004 on charges of ordering the Saint-Marc massacre.
Sons and daughters
- Marc Bazin (1932–2010), politician, 1992/93 Acting President of Haiti
- Guy Alexandre (1945-2014), diplomat
- Max Leroy Mésidor (* 1962), Roman Catholic clergyman and Archbishop of Port-au-Prince
- Garcelle Beauvais (* 1966), actress who emigrated to the USA
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI) (PDF; 461 kB)
- ↑ Federal Agency for Civic Education - Haiti, accessed on January 15, 2010
Coordinates: 19 ° 7 ′ N , 72 ° 42 ′ W