| Croix-des-Bouquets Kwadèbouke |
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| Coordinates: 18°34′34″N 72°13′37″W / 18.57611°N 72.22694°W | |
| Country |  Haiti |
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| Department | Ouest |
| Arrondissement | Croix-des-Bouquets |
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| - Total | 645.5 km2 (249.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 67 m (220 ft) |
| Population (7 August 2003)[1] | |
| - Total | 229,127 |
| - Density | 355.0/km2 (919.4/sq mi) |
Croix-des-Bouquets (Creole: Kwadèbouke) is a city in the Ouest Department of Haiti. It is located 12.9 kilometers (8 miles) to the northeast of Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince.
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Culture
Croix-des-Bouquets is a northern suburb in the Port-Au-Prince metropolitan area. Haiti is world famous for its exuberant art, richly influenced by nature, history and religion, both Christian and Vodou. The entire village of Croix des Bouquets is a good example of Haitian creativity - it resonates with the sounds of clanging and banging of the mallets and chisels in the process of transforming raw metal into stunning, and often haunting, iron sculptures. The city of Croix-des-Bouquets, also known as "la plaine du cul-de-sac," is where many people there grow organic foods such as beans, sweet potato, and corn.
People
- Wyclef Jean a Haitian-American rapper, singer and member of the trio the Fugees, was born in Croix-des-Bouquets, where he lived until he was nine years old.
History
The once crowded city have been restored. The streets have been cleaned up, wholesale merchants and other commerce has been relocated to Port-au-Prince. Retail commerce which once crowded sidewalks downtown now has a dedicated building.
References
- ^ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
2. Haiti-x-change by Gary Charles: http://www.haitixchange.com
3. Haitian Revolutionary studies by David Patrick Geggus
4. http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/398.html
5. Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center; http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
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