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.
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Places of Interest

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

Church
Photo: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, often called , was a cathedral in , . 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.

Library
Photo: Lea-Kim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is Haiti's legal deposit library, with a collection of approximately 26,000 volumes. It is located in the capital, and is the principal library of the city. The current head of the library is Dangelo Neard. is situated 3½ km south of Cité Soleil.

Marketplace
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
or Marché de Fer also known as the Marché Hyppolite and the Marché Vallières is a public market in ’s capital, Port‑au‑Prince. It was damaged by fire in 2008 and destroyed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, but was restored.

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 . The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894.

Suburb
is a neighborhood of , . 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.

Cité Soleil

Latitude
18.5778° or 18° 34′ 40″ north
Longitude
-72.3319° or 72° 19′ 55″ west
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
77C9HMH9+46
Geo­Names ID
8628986
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