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Commune in Centre, Haiti
Boucan-Carre
(
Haitian Creole
:
Boukan Kare
) is a
commune
in the
Mirebalais Arrondissement
, in the
Centre
department
of
Haiti
.
It has 48,700 inhabitants.
Geography
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Boucan-Carre is a geographic expression is a huge area of land, most of which is covered in mountains and deep valleys. Agriculture and the production of charcoal made from cutting down trees are the primary ways to get by for the locals. The
Boucan-Carre River
cuts through the center of the town of
Chambeau
.
Economy
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Since the destructive
earthquake
that struck the Port-au-Prince area in January 2010, many people are returning to family from that city which is causing further strain on the people and land. Clean water is still hard to come by and everything remains very expensive due to devaluation of the
Haitian gourde
and the extreme stress on the economy in general. All goods are expensive the further away you get from Port-au-Prince. All of rural Haiti is in flux and is experiencing a deep strain brought on by the earthquake.
Infrastructures
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Boucan-Carre has seen some massive changes in the early 21st century, with a new primary school completed in 2005, and a secondary school completed in November 2012, and a clinic that has grown into a fully functioning hospital which is supported by
Paul Farmer
's organization,
Partners In Health
(known as
Zanmi Lasante
in
Haitian Creole
) based out of
Boston, MA
. The two schools, a church, and a hospital within Boucan-Carre are supported by the
Haiti Outreach Program
in Knoxville, Tennessee that hosts its annual
Give Haiti Hope
.
Roads
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The UN has made substantial improvements to the roads leading to the area from
Port-au-Prince airport
(PAP) so that what used to take 4.5 hours to go 45 miles back in 2004, now takes only two hours to arrive in Chambeau.
Telecommunications
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Digicel
built a large Cellular Telephone Repeater Tower in the commune in about 2008, as locals can be seen riding donkeys while talking on cell phones.
References
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- ^
Institut Haitien de Statistique et d'Informatique
(IHSI)