Île-à-Vache

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Île à Vache, Kreol: Lilavach, is an island of Haiti ten kilometers off the southern coast and the town of Les Cayes in the Caribbean Sea.

Geography

The island is about 18 km long and 4.8 km wide, has an area of 52 km ² and is part of the Sud Department. The country's nature is varied tropical. The island is hilly west side, highest elevation 150 m, with scattered swamps in the lowlands. The east side is swampy with the largest mangrove forest in Haiti and a lagoon formed by the coral reef.

Population

The approximately 15,000 locals are mostly descendants of Spanish and French imported by slaves from Africa. The religious orientation is often a symbiosis of Christian and voodoo traditions. For tourists, there are two resorts.

Management

Île à Vache is a municipality ( commune) in the arrondissement of the department of Sud Les Cayes (South) of Haiti. You will not be further subdivided into sections communales. Capital is ville de l' Île -à -Vache.

History

The original Indian name of the island is abaca.

In the 17th century had from here the privateer Henry Morgan and Laurent de Graff.

During the American Civil War, the island owner Bernard Kock offered to the settlement of freed slaves from the United States. Despite the support of Abraham Lincoln, the project failed within a short time.

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