Port-au-Prince Bay

Port-au-Prince Bay is a bay in . Port-au-Prince Bay is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Haiti National Palace and National Library of Haiti.

Ruins
Photo: mweriksson, CC BY 2.0.
The National Palace was the official residence of the president of Haiti, located in the capital , facing Place L'Ouverture near the Champs de Mars.

Library
Photo: Lea-Kim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is Haiti's legal deposit library, with a collection of approximately 26,000 volumes. It is located in the capital, and is the principal library of the city. The current head of the library is Dangelo Neard.

Church
Photo: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, often called , was a cathedral in , . Built between 1884 and 1914, it was dedicated on December 13, 1928, and became the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port-au-Prince and Bel Air.

Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, Public domain.
is the capital and most populous city of . The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894.

Suburb
is a neighborhood of , . It is a slum area of the city and suffers from poverty. Crime is widespread, and kidnappings and killings have created panic among the local population.

Suburb
is a neighborhood of , . It has one of the largest concentration of the historic Haitian gingerbread style houses present.

Port-au-Prince Bay

Latitude
18.54112° or 18° 32′ 28″ north
Longitude
-72.36729° or 72° 22′ 2″ west
Open location code
77C9GJRM+C3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 614909438
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
3718424
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Satellite Map

Discover Port-au-Prince Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Port-au-Prince Bay” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cité L’Eternel and Savane Salée.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include wharf cite cabrit and AMHDP=association des marins d’haiti pour le developpement de la perche.

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