Department of Haiti
Department in Fort-Liberte, Haiti
Nord-Est
(
French
,
pronounced
[n???st]
) or
Nodes
(
Haitian Creole
; both meaning "North East") is one of the ten
departments of Haiti
, located in northern Haiti. It has an area of 1,623 km
2
(627 sq mi), making it the smallest of all the departments. It had an estimated population of 393,967 as of 2015.
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Its capital is
Fort-Liberte
. It was a part of the
Nord
department.
History
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Taino Period
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The department was part of the Taino kasika of Marien on the border with the Magua. The Taino settlement of Bayaha around the Fort-Liberte area.
Spanish Period
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The city of Fort-Liberte is one of the earliest European settlements in the Caribbean with the creation of Puerto-Real
(Port-Royal)
in 1503.
French Period
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After the Treaty of Ryswick, the town fell into the hands of the French and they establish the town of Fort-Dauphin the actual
Fort-Liberty
. Many times the Spanish of
Montechristi
attacks the French resulting in a massacre at the Massacre River. This was a precedent of the
Trujillo
induce,
Haitian Massacre
in Dajabon in 1937, called the Parsley-Perejil Massacre.
The Nord-Est forms part of the northern plains, a historic site of colonial plantations and a key area for the cultivation of
chestnut
Haitian Period
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Haitian Revolution
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Toussaint Brave freed the city of Fort Liberte on September 9, 1803.
After the Battle of Vertieres, on November 29, in the town of Fort-Liberte, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Henry Christophe, and Auguste Clerveaux declared
St-Domingue free
and declared:
...in the name of the black people, and men of color of St. Domingo...Restored to our primitive dignity, we have asserted our rights; we swear never to yield them to any power on earth...
Independence
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Toussaint Brave and Clearveaux of the
Armee Indigene
and followers of
Toussaint Louverture
, commander of the first division of the North signatories of the
Haitian Declaration of Independence
.
Clearveaux died suspectly just before Dessalines assassination.
King Henry
was crowned in Fort-Liberte and changed the name to Fort-Royal.
The town played a big role in the fight against
the occupation of the 1930s
by the United States.
Geography
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It is bordered to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the
Centre
department, to the east by the Dominican Republic through the province of
Dajabon
, and to the west by
Nord Department
.
Most of the department is part of the Plaine-du-Nord-
Cibao-Valley
with the southern part being the
Massif-du-Nord
. The coastal plain has the Bay of
Caracol
, the biggest mangrove forest in Haiti and the Bay of Fort-Liberty, the island's only bilobal pouched-shape bay of the island is 5 times the size of the
Bay of Havana
.
Tee bay harbors many islands, cays, and reefs. The biggest island in the Bay is Bayo Island.
The most important rivers are the Manon River and
Massacre River
.
Three Bays Protected Area
is the most important park in the department.
Economy
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The economy of the department depends notably on commerce with
Ounaminthes
-
Dajabon
.
Tourism
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The city of Fort-Liberte has known a reserge in
touris-lokal
.
Industry
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The department has two industrial parks: Caracol and SONAPI.
Transport
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The RN3 connects the department to the Centre Department.
The RN6 connects the department to the North Department and the Dominican Republic.
The port of Fort-Liberte is not open to foreign commerce.
Administrative divisions
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The Department of Nord-Est is subdivided into four
arrondissements
, which are further subdivided into thirteen
communes
.
References
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19°40′04″N
71°50′23″W
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19.6678°N 71.8397°W
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19.6678; -71.8397