Port-au-Prince Arrondissement
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Port-au-Prince Arrondissement
Port-au-Prince (Creole: Pòtoprens) is an arrondissement in the Ouest Department of Haiti. It has 2,109,516 inhabitants[1]. Postal codes in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement start with the number 61.
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Communes
The arondissement consists of the following communes:
History
2010 7.0 Earthquake
Main article: 2010 Haiti earthquake
On 12 January 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck in the arrondissement, the largest in Haiti in two centuries. [2] The city of Port-au-Prince suffered much damage, and estimates of upwards of 50,000 deaths, with many facilities destroyed.[3] In Pétionville, the earthquake collapsed a hospital in the city. [4] In Carrefour, half of the buildings were destroyed in the worst-affected areas.[5] Roughly half the structures were destroyed in Gressier.[5]
References
- ^ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI), 7 August 2003.
- ^ CNN News Morning, 13 January 2010
- ^ CNN, "The Situation Room", 15 January 2010
- ^ "Haitian Earthquake Causes Hospital Collapse". The New York Times. 12 January 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/12/world/AP-CB-Haiti-Earthquake.html. Retrieved 12 January 2010.[dead link]
- ^ a b ABC News, 'Haiti Disaster Like "No Other"', AFP, Lisa Millar, 17 January 2010 (accessed 17 January 2010)
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Coordinates: 18°30′39″N 72°38′02″E / 18.51083°N 72.63389°E
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