Cap-Haitien

Aristide Cap-Haitien Fondwa Henri Christophe Jacmel Milot Port au Prince

On the Road to Cap-Haïtien

 

boats carrying goods on the sea to nearby island

 

rice fields in the central valley

 

drying the grain

 

houses constructed from sticks and mud

 

a happy pig

 

a religious procession

 

into the mountains toward Cap-Haïtian

 

farm residence

 

Cap-Haïtian is a seaport city

 

old town with cathedral in background

Cap-Haïtien, also Le Cap, city and seaport, northern Haiti, capital of Nord Department, on the Manzanillo Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. Cap-Haïtien has a spacious harbor and is an export center for coffee, cocoa, hides, honey, and logwood. In the 17th century the Spaniards built on the site of Cap-Haïtien a settlement that became a French possession in 1697. Under the French, who made it the capital of their colony of Saint-Domingue, it was a flourishing town, referred to as Little Paris.

 

nearby Sans Souci Palace

 From 1811 to 1820 Cap-Haïtien was the capital of Henri Christophe, king of Haiti, when he ruled northern Haiti. The town was almost destroyed by an earthquake in 1842. Population (1994 estimate) 68,000.

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Aristide Cap-Haitien Fondwa Henri Christophe Jacmel Milot Port au Prince

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