Village des Americains

Village des Americains is a village in Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest. Village des Americains is situated nearby to the suburb Dieu Seul, as well as near the hamlet PCS.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport and Port-au-Prince Cathedral.

Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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 Village des Americains.

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 southwest of Village des Americains.

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. Haiti National Palace is situated 3½ km southwest of Village des Americains.

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 2½ km southwest of Village des Americains.

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.

Village des Americains

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

18.56866° or 18° 34′ 7″ north

Longitude

-72.32325° or 72° 19′ 24″ west

Open location code

77C9HM9G+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 892545372

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

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