Cité Simone
Cité Simone is a hamlet in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest. Cité Simone is situated nearby to the hamlet Croix Bleue, as well as near the locality La Difference (Nan 3BB).| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport and Port-au-Prince Cathedral.
Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport
Aerodrome
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Toussaint Louverture International Airport is an international airport in Tabarre, a commune of Port-au-Prince in Haiti. The airport is currently the busiest in Haiti and is an operating hub for Sunrise Airways. Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport is situated 3½ km east of Cité Simone.
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 Cité Simone.
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 4 km southwest of Cité Simone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cité Soleil and Bel Air.
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. Bel Air is situated 3½ km south of Cité Simone.
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 Simone
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.57903° or 18° 34′ 45″ northLongitude
-72.3277° or 72° 19′ 40″ westOpen location code
77C9HMHC+JWOpenStreetMap ID
node 615732811OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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