Waaf (Cite Soleil)

Waaf (Cite Soleil) is a bus stop in Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest. Waaf (Cite Soleil) is situated nearby to the pier wharf gabotage de cite soleil, as well as near the church Assemblée du Saint-Esprit.

Places of Interest Nearby

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. Port-au-Prince Cathedral is situated 3½ km south of Waaf (Cite Soleil).

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 Waaf (Cite 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. Marché en Fer is situated 3 km south of Waaf (Cite Soleil).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cité Soleil and Bel Air.

Cité Soleil

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Bel Air is situated 3½ km south of Waaf (Cite 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.

Waaf (Cite Soleil)

Type: Bus stop
Category: transportation
Location: Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

18.58008° or 18° 34′ 48″ north

Longitude

-72.34036° or 72° 20′ 25″ west

Open location code

77C9HMJ5+2V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1483786873

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

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Highlights include wharf gabotage de cite soleil and Assemblée du Saint-Esprit.

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