La Saline
La Saline is a suburb in Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest. La Saline is situated nearby to the suburb Croix des Bossales, as well as near Portail Saint-Joseph.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Port-au-Prince Cathedral and Marché en Fer.
Port-au-Prince Cathedral
Church
Photo: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, often called Port-au-Prince Cathedral, was a cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 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.
Marché en Fer
Marketplace
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Marché en Fer or Marché de Fer also known as the Marché Hyppolite and the Marché Vallières is a public market in Haiti’s capital, Port‑au‑Prince. It was damaged by fire in 2008 and destroyed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, but was restored.
National Library of Haiti
Library
Photo: Lea-Kim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Library of Haiti is Haiti's legal deposit library, with a collection of approximately 26,000 volumes. It is located in the capital, Port-au-Prince and is the principal library of the city. The current head of the library is Dangelo Neard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bel Air and Port-au-Prince.
Bel Air
Suburb
Bel Air is a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 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.
Port-au-Prince
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, Public domain.
Port-au-Prince is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894.
Cité Soleil
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cité Soleil is an extremely impoverished and densely populated commune located in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in Haiti. Cité Soleil originally developed as a shanty town and grew to an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 residents, the majority of whom live in extreme poverty.
La Saline
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.55917° or 18° 33′ 33″ northLongitude
-72.34254° or 72° 20′ 33″ westElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
77C9HM54+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 613013099OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
3722596
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