Hinche
Hinche is a commune in the Centre department of Haiti. It has a population of about 50,000. It is the capital of the Centre department. Hinche is the hometown of Charlemagne Péralte, the Haitian nationalist leader who resisted the United States occupation of Haiti that lasted between 1915–1934.
- Type: City with 50,000 residents
- Description: city in Haiti
- Also known as: “cite charlemagne peralte” and “Site Chalmay Peral”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Hinche Airport.
Hinche Airport
Aerodrome
Aérodrome d'Hinche is a small airport that serves Hinche in the Centre department of Haiti.
Hinche
- Categories: commune of Haiti, municipality, and locality
- Location: Hinche Arrondissement, Centre, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
19.14455° or 19° 8′ 40″ north
Longitude
-72.00875° or 72° 0′ 32″ west
Population
50,000
Elevation
230 metres (755 feet)
UN/LOCODE
HT HI5
Open location code
77F94XVR+RF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Hinche” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هنش”
- Asturian: “Hinche”
- Bengali: “হিঞ্চি”
- Cebuano: “Hinche”
- Chinese: “安什”
- Danish: “Hinche”
- Dutch: “Hinche”
- Finnish: “Hinche”
- French: “Hinche”
- German: “Hinche”
- Greek: “Ενς”
- Gujarati: “હિંચ”
- Haitian: “Ench”
- Hebrew: “הינש”
- Hindi: “एँश”
- Hungarian: “Hinche”
- Indonesian: “Hinche”
- Italian: “Hinche”
- Japanese: “アンシュ”
- Kannada: “ಹಿಂಚ್”
- Korean: “앵슈”
- Latvian: “Hinše”
- Lithuanian: “Hinšė”
- Malay: “Hinche”
- Marathi: “हिंच”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hinche”
- Mingrelian: “ენში”
- Northern Frisian: “Hinche”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hinche”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hinche”
- Norwegian: “Hinche”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Hincha”
- Persian: “هینشی”
- Polish: “Hinche”
- Portuguese: “Hinche”
- Romanian: “Hinche”
- Russian: “Энш”
- Sinhala: “හින්චේ, හයිටිය”
- Sinhala: “හින්චේ”
- Spanish: “Hincha”
- Swedish: “Hinche”
- Tamil: “இஞ்ச”
- Telugu: “హించే”
- Thai: “แอ็งช์”
- Turkish: “Hinche”
- Ukrainian: “Енш”
- Urdu: “اینشے”
- Vietnamese: “Hinche”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Les Lattes and Laguam.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Eglise Adventiste du 7ème Jour, Temple 1 and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Hinche.
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