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Saint-Marc
Artibonite, Haiti · North America
About Saint-Marc
Saint-Marc sits on the route: 20 minutes from Grande Saline.
Saint-Marc is in Artibonite, Haiti, with about 270,000 people. The nearest town is Grande Saline, about 19 km away.
Saint-Marc (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁk]; Haitian Creole: Sen Mak) is a commune in western Haiti in Artibonite departement. Its geographic coordinates are 19°7′N 72°42′W. At the 2015 Census the commune had 266,642 inhabitants. It is one of the biggest cities, second to Gonaïves, between Port-au-Prince andRead more
Cap-Haïtien.
Before the settlement of the French, the region was known as Amani-y ad part of the Xaragua caciquat.
The port of Saint-Marc is currently the preferred port of entry for consumer goods coming into Haiti. Reasons for this may include its location away from volatile and congested Port-au-Prince as well as its central location relative to a large group of Haitian cities including Cap-Haïtien, Carrefour, Delmas, Fort-Liberté, Gonaïves, Hinche, Limbe, Pétion-Ville, Port-de-Paix, and Verrettes. These cities, together with their surrounding areas, contain nearly eight million of Haiti's ten million people (2009).
In 1905 the Compagnie Nationale or National Railroad built a 100 km railroad north to Saint-Marc from the national capital of Port-au-Prince. The track was later extended another 30 km east to Verrettes.
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Saint-Marc is in Artibonite, Haiti, about 19 km from Grande Saline.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 266,642
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Haiti
- Region
- Artibonite
- Timezone
- America/Port-au-Prince
- Coordinates
- 19.1114, -72.7008
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