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Grande-Rivière-du-Nord

Grande-Rivière-du-Nord is a commune in the , in the Department of . Jean-Jacques Dessalines was born there in 1758 on the Cormiers plantation.
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  • Type: Town with 8,840 residents
  • Description: commune in Nord, Haiti
  • Also known as: “Grand Riviere”, “Grande Riviere”, “Grande Riviere du Nord”, “Grande-Riviere-du-Nord”, “Sainte Rose”, and “Ville de Grande Rivière du Nord”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milot and Sainte-Suzanne.

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is a city in the north of . It is a small city about 20 km from . Nearby is the UNESCO World Heritage site that comprises the ruins of Sans Souci palace and the Citadelle built by King Henri Christophe, a key figure in the Haitian Revolution.

Village
is a commune in the , in the department of . It has 21,617 inhabitants. is situated 8 km east of Grande-Rivière-du-Nord.

Town
is a commune in the , in the department of . It has 25,846 inhabitants. is nicknamed "the city of caves" with numerous natural caves in the surrounding mountains. The most famous is the voûte-à-Minguet. is situated 10 km southwest of Grande-Rivière-du-Nord.

Grande-Rivière-du-Nord

Latitude
19.57782° or 19° 34′ 40″ north
Longitude
-72.16935° or 72° 10′ 10″ west
Population
8,840
Elevation
69 metres (226 feet)
Open location code
77F9HRHJ+47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 618623288
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3724439
Wiki­data ID
Q2495285
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Grande-Rivière-du-Nord” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جراند ريفيري دو نورد”
  • Breton: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Grande Rivière du Nord”
  • Chinese: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Chinese: “北格朗德里维耶尔”
  • Corsican: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Danish: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Dutch: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • French: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • German: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Greek: “Γκραντ-Ριβιέρ-ντυ-Νορ”
  • Haitian: “Grann Rivyè di Nò”
  • Haitian: “Grann Rivyè dinò”
  • Indonesian: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Italian: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Low German: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Granda Ribèira dau Nòrd”
  • Portuguese: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Romanian: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Russian: “Гран-Ривьер-дю-Нор”
  • Spanish: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Swedish: “Grande Rivière du Nord”
  • Swedish: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Tahitian: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”
  • Ukrainian: “Гран-Рив’єр-ду-Норд”
  • Ukrainian: “Гран-Рив’єр-дю-Нор”
  • Uzbek: “Grande-Rivière-du-Nord”

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