Croix-des-Bouquets (French pronunciation: [kʁwa de bukɛ]; Creole: Kwadèbouke) is a town in the Croix-des-Bouquets commune in the Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. In 2009, the commune had 227,012 inhabitants,[1] making it the most populous city in Ouest department outside of Port-au-Prince Arrondissement. It is the birthplace of Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean.
Croix-des-Bouquets
Kwadèbouke | |
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Town | |
  Croix-des-Bouquets Location in Haiti | |
| Coordinates: 18°35′N 72°12′W / 18.59°N 72.20°W | |
| Country |  Haiti |
| Department | Ouest |
| Arrondissement | Croix-des-Bouquets |
| Area | |
• Total | 634.62 km2 (245.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)[1] | |
• Total | 227,012 |
| • Density | 357.71/km2 (926.47/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-04:00 (EDT) |
References
edit- 1 2 "IHSI" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 24, 2014.