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Côteaux (French pronunciation:; Haitian Creole: Koto) is a commune in the Côteaux Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. In 2009, it had a population of 19,372 inhabitants. In 2009, it had a population of 19,372 inhabitants.
The Pic Macaya National Park, on the southern peninsula, which is 198 kilometres (123 mi) from Port-au-Prince and 36 kilometres (22 mi) to the northwest of Les Cayes, has a designated area of 5,500 hectares (14,000 acres) that includes a ravine formation located between the mountain peaks of Pic Formon (2,219 metres (7,280 ft)) and Pic Macaya ...
The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is often claimed to be the first zoological necropolis in the modern world. The ancient Ashkelon dog cemetery predates it by thousands of years. It opened in 1899 at 4 pont de Clichy on Île des Ravageurs in Asnières-sur-Seine, Île-de-France.
The commune (French pronunciation:) is the third-level divisions of Haiti. The 10 departments have 42 arrondissements , which are divided into 147 communes and then into 571 communal sections . [ 1 ]
The communal section (French: section communale, formerly section rurale [1]) is the smallest administrative division in Haiti. The 144 communes are further divided into 571 communal sections. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Hinche is the native town of Pedro Santana, first President of the Dominican Republic, as well of José de Guzmán, 1st Viscount of San Rafael de la Angostura, and Charlemagne Péralte, Haitian nationalist leader of Dominican origin who resisted the occupation of Haiti by the United States (1915–1934).
In August 2013, the Port Salut/Aquin Protected Area (Aire Protégée de Ressources Naturelles Gérées de Port Salut/Aquin), was created in Southwestern Haiti. [2] Three Bays Protected Area (Aire Protégée de Ressources Naturelles Gérées des Trois Baies), located in northeastern Haiti, was created in December 2013.
Fauna of Haiti — the nation located on western Hispaniola, a large island of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean For the native fauna of eastern Hispaniola island, see Category: Fauna of the Dominican Republic .