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).

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 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″ north

Longitude

-72.3277° or 72° 19′ 40″ west

Open location code

77C9HMHC+JW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 615732811

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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