Cité Soleil
Cité Soleil is a locality in Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest. Cité Soleil is situated nearby to the hamlet Bois Neuf, as well as near Drouillard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Port-au-Prince Cathedral and National Library of Haiti.
Port-au-Prince Cathedral
Church
Photo: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, often called Port-au-Prince Cathedral, was a cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 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.
National Library of Haiti
Library
Photo: Lea-Kim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Library of Haiti is Haiti's legal deposit library, with a collection of approximately 26,000 volumes. It is located in the capital, Port-au-Prince and is the principal library of the city. The current head of the library is Dangelo Neard. National Library of Haiti is situated 3½ km south of Cité Soleil.
Marché en Fer
Marketplace
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Marché en Fer or Marché de Fer also known as the Marché Hyppolite and the Marché Vallières is a public market in Haiti’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 Cité Soleil.
Port-au-Prince
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, Public domain.
Port-au-Prince is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894.
Cité Soleil
Town
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Cité Soleil is an extremely impoverished and densely populated commune located in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in Haiti. 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.
Bel Air
Suburb
Bel Air is a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 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
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Cite Soleil”
- Location: Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.5778° or 18° 34′ 40″ northLongitude
-72.3319° or 72° 19′ 55″ westElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
77C9HMH9+46GeoNames ID
8628986
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