Portail Saint-Joseph
Portail Saint-Joseph is a suburb in Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest. Portail Saint-Joseph is situated nearby to the suburb La Saline, as well as near Croix des Bossales.Places of Interest
Highlights include Marché en Fer and Port-au-Prince Cathedral.
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.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port-au-Prince and Bel Air.
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.
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.
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.
Portail Saint-Joseph
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.55432° or 18° 33′ 16″ northLongitude
-72.34422° or 72° 20′ 39″ westOpen location code
77C9HM34+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 616730180OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Explore places such as La Saline and Croix des Bossales.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Marché Croix-des-Bossales and Église Paroissiale Saint-Joseph.
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