Fort National
Fort National is a suburb in Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest. Fort National is situated nearby to the suburb Poste Marchand, as well as near Saint Antoine.Places of Interest
Highlights include Port-au-Prince Cathedral and Haiti National Palace.
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.
Haiti National Palace
Ruins
Photo: mweriksson, CC BY 2.0.
The National Palace was the official residence of the president of Haiti, located in the capital Port-au-Prince, facing Place L'Ouverture near the Champs de Mars.
Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien
Museum
Photo: Bdx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Pantheon Museum of Haiti is a museum featuring the heroes of the independence of Haiti, Haitian history, and culture. The museum is mostly underground, and the entrance a wide opening made of cement.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bel Air and Port-au-Prince.
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.
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.
Bois Verna
Suburb
Bois Verna is a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It has one of the largest concentration of the historic Haitian gingerbread style houses present.
Fort National
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.54764° or 18° 32′ 52″ northLongitude
-72.33068° or 72° 19′ 51″ westOpen location code
77C9GMX9+3POpenStreetMap ID
node 613336224OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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