Anse-a-Galets

Coordinates : 18°50′0″N 72°52′0″W  /  18.83333°N 72.86667°W  / 18.83333; -72.86667
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Anse-a-Galets
  • Ansagalet
Anse-à-Galets is located in Haiti
Anse-à-Galets
Anse-a-Galets
Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 18°50′0″N 72°52′0″W  /  18.83333°N 72.86667°W  / 18.83333; -72.86667
Country Haiti
Department Ouest
Arrondissement La Gonave
Area
 ? Total 372.01 km 2 (143.63 sq mi)
Elevation
16 m (52 ft)
Population
  (March, 2015) [1]
 ? Total 62,559
 ? Density 168/km 2 (440/sq mi)

Anse-a-Galets ( Haitian Creole : Ansagalet ) is a commune and city in the La Gonave Arrondissement , in the Ouest department on Gonave Island in Haiti , located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonave . It is the largest commune on the island and has 62,559 inhabitants.

The current [ when? ] mayor of the city of Anse-a-Galets is Ernso Louissaint. [ citation needed ]

Transportation [ edit ]

The commune is served by Anse-a-Galets Airport and a public wharf. The public wharf has daily ferry traffic to the Haitian mainland at the Carries Ferry terminal. [ citation needed ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes en 2015" (PDF) . Institut Haitien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015 . Retrieved 3 June 2017 .