Bellecourt
Bellecourt is a village in Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest. Bellecourt is situated nearby to the hamlet Brooklyn, as well as near Boston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Port-au-Prince Cathedral and 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. Port-au-Prince Cathedral is situated 2½ km south of Bellecourt.
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. National Palace is situated 3½ km south of Bellecourt.
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 3 km south of Bellecourt.
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 2½ km south of Bellecourt.
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.
Bellecourt
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.57241° or 18° 34′ 21″ northLongitude
-72.33546° or 72° 20′ 8″ westOpen location code
77C9HMC7+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 615732856OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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