Carrefour, Ouest

Carrefour on the map of Haiti

Carrefour is the second largest city in Haiti on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The city has 439 581 inhabitants ( 2005). In 1996 there were 290 204. According to the current administrative structure is part of the Arrondissement de Port -au -Prince in the department of Ouest.

Together with the capital Port -au -Prince and Petionville and Delmas towns it forms the so-called Aire METROPOLITAINE.

Carrefour is a city that prevails in great poverty, characterized by child labor (including slavery illegal ) and gangs. In the slums Feuilles de Carrefour in 1999, eleven young men were executed in a massacre.

On 12 January 2010, a major earthquake occurred in Haiti. According to a spokesman for the World Food Programme half of the buildings were destroyed in Carrefour.

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  • Location in Haiti
  • Department Ouest
Port-au-Prince Delmas, Ouest
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