Jacmel

Jacmel is a commune in southern previously founded by the Spanish in 1504 before the relocation of dominicans to the eastern side of the island after the Devastation of Osorio and repopulated by the French in 1698.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Jacmel Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was the sixth busiest airport in by passenger volume before the 2010 Haitian earthquake, near the city of Jacmel, on Haiti's south coast.

Jacmel

Latitude
18.2353° or 18° 14′ 7″ north
Longitude
-72.5375° or 72° 32′ 15″ west
Population
108,000
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
IATA airport code
JAK
United Nations Location Code
HT JAK
Open location code
77C96FP6+4X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 375727706
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3723779
Wiki­data ID
Q923362
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Jacmel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جاكميل
  • Armenian: Ժակմել
  • Bengali: জ্যাকমেল
  • Catalan: Jacmel
  • Cebuano: Jacmel
  • Chechen: Жакмель
  • Chinese: Jacmel
  • Chinese: 雅克梅勒
  • Czech: Jacmel
  • Danish: Jacmel
  • Dutch: Jacmel
  • Finnish: Jacmel
  • French: Jacmel
  • German: Jacmel
  • Greek: Ζακμέλ
  • Gujarati: જેક્મેલ
  • Haitian: Jakmèl
  • Hausa: Jacmel
  • Hebrew: ז’אקמל
  • Hebrew: זאקמל
  • Hindi: जकमेल
  • Hungarian: Jacmel
  • Indonesian: Jacmel
  • Italian: Jacmel
  • Japanese: ジャクメル
  • Kannada: ಜ್ಯಾಕ್ಮೆಲ್
  • Korean: 자크멜
  • Latvian: Žakmela
  • Lithuanian: Žakmelis
  • Lombard: Jacmel
  • Lombard: Jakmèl
  • Malay: Jacmel
  • Marathi: जॅकमेल
  • Min Nan Chinese: Jacmel
  • Mingrelian: ჟაკმელი
  • Northern Frisian: Jacmel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jacmel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jacmel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jakmel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jakmèl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Yaquimel
  • Norwegian: Jacmel
  • Persian: ژاکمل
  • Piemontese: Jacmel
  • Polish: Jacmel
  • Portuguese: Jacmel
  • Romanian: Jacmel
  • Russian: Жакмеле
  • Russian: Жакмель
  • Scots: Jacmel
  • Sinhala: ජැක්මේල්, හයිටිය
  • Sinhala: ජැක්මේල්
  • Slovak: Jacmel
  • Slovenian: Jacmel
  • Spanish: Jacmel
  • Spanish: Yáquimo
  • Swedish: Jacmel
  • Tamil: ஜாக்மெல்
  • Telugu: జాక్మెల్లో
  • Thai: ฌักแมล
  • Turkish: Jacmel
  • Ukrainian: Жакмель
  • Urdu: جکمل
  • Vietnamese: Jacmel

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