Dondon
Dondon is a commune in the Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti. It has 25,846 inhabitants. Dondon is nicknamed "the city of caves" with numerous natural caves in the surrounding mountains. The most famous is the voûte-à-Minguet.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Milot and Grande-Rivière-du-Nord.
Milot
Milot is a city in the north of Haiti. It is a small city about 20 km from Cap-Haïtien. 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.Grande-Rivière-du-Nord
Town
Grande-Rivière-du-Nord is a commune in the Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord Department of Haiti. Jean-Jacques Dessalines was born there in 1758 on the Cormiers plantation. Grande-Rivière-du-Nord is situated 10 km northeast of Dondon.
Dondon
- Type: Town with 25,500 residents
- Description: commune in Nord, Haiti
- Categories: commune of Haiti and locality
- Location: Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement, Nord, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
19.52744° or 19° 31′ 39″ north
Longitude
-72.24272° or 72° 14′ 34″ west
Population
25,500
Elevation
427 metres (1,401 feet)
Open location code
77F9GQG4+XW
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Dondon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دوندن”
- Cebuano: “Dondon”
- Chinese: “Dondon”
- Dutch: “Dondon”
- French: “Dondon”
- German: “Dondon”
- German: “Trou-du-Dondon”
- Greek: “Ντοντόν”
- Haitian: “Dondon”
- Italian: “Dondon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Dondon”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Dondon”
- Portuguese: “Dondon”
- Romanian: “Dondon”
- Spanish: “Dondon”
- Swedish: “Dondon”
- Uzbek: “Dondon”
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