Cité Soleil

Cité Soleil is an extremely impoverished and densely populated commune located in the metropolitan area in . 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.
  • Type: Town with 265,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  • Also known as: “Cité Simone”, “Cité Simone Duvalier”, “Cite-Soleil”, “Cité-Soleil”, “Civito Suna”, “Σιτέ-Σολέιγ”, and “シテソレイユ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Port-au-Prince Cathedral and National Library of Haiti.

Church
Photo: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, often…

Library
The is Haiti's legal deposit… is situated 3½ km south of Cité Soleil.

Marketplace
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
or Marché de Fer also known as the…

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 .

Suburb
is a neighborhood of , .

Suburb
is a neighborhood of , . is situated 4½ km south of Cité Soleil.

Cité Soleil

Latitude
18.5784° or 18° 34′ 42″ north
Longitude
-72.3355° or 72° 20′ 8″ west
Population
265,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
77C9HMH7+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Cité Soleil” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيتي سولاي”
  • Belarusian: “Сітэ-Салей”
  • Bengali: “সাইত সোলিল”
  • Cebuano: “Cité Soleil”
  • Chinese: “太阳城”
  • Chinese: “太陽城”
  • Danish: “Cité Soleil”
  • Dutch: “Cité Soleil”
  • Esperanto: “Cité Soleil”
  • Finnish: “Cité Soleil”
  • French: “Cité Soleil”
  • German: “Cité Soleil”
  • Greek: “Σιτέ Σολέιγ”
  • Gujarati: “સિટી સોલેઈલ”
  • Haitian: “Site Soley”
  • Haitian: “Site Solèy”
  • Hindi: “सिते सोलेय”
  • Hungarian: “Port-au-Prince”
  • Indonesian: “Cité Soleil”
  • Italian: “Cité Soleil”
  • Japanese: “シテ・ソレイユ”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿಟ್ ಸೊಲೈಲ್”
  • Korean: “시테 솔레이”
  • Korean: “시티 솔레리”
  • Latvian: “Sitesolei”
  • Lithuanian: “Site Soleilas”
  • Malay: “Cite Soleil”
  • Marathi: “साईट सोलेईल”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cité Soleil”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cité Soleil”
  • Norwegian: “Cité Soleil”
  • Polish: “Cité Soleil”
  • Portuguese: “Cité Soleil”
  • Romanian: “Cité Soleil”
  • Russian: “Ките Солеил”
  • Russian: “Сите-Солей”
  • Sinhala: “සයිටේ සොලෙයිල්”
  • Spanish: “Cité Soleil”
  • Swedish: “Cité Soleil”
  • Tamil: “சிடி சோலில்”
  • Telugu: “సిటే సోలైల్”
  • Thai: “ซิทอี โซเลียว”
  • Turkish: “Cite Soleil”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіте-Солей”
  • Urdu: “کیتی سولییل”
  • Vietnamese: “Cite Soleil”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Linteau 2 and Brooklyn.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: eglise de Dieu pentecostale des coheritiers de christe and eglise mpe(ministere pasteur enock).

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