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| − | '''Léogâne''' is a coastal town in the Department Ouest (''West'') in the South of [[Haiti]] (18°30′39″N, 72°38′2″W). The port town is located about 29 km (18 miles) West of the Haitian capital [[Port-au-Prince]]. Léogâne is the birthplace of the [[Taíno]] queen [[Anacaona]] (the town was then named ''Yaguana'') and of [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of the Haitian revolutionary [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] ([[1758]]). | + | '''Léogâne''' (also ''Léoagane'') is a coastal town in the Department Ouest (''West'') in the South of [[Haiti]] (18°30′39″N, 72°38′2″W). The port town is located about 29 km (18 miles) West of the Haitian capital [[Port-au-Prince]]. Léogâne is the birthplace of the [[Taíno]] queen [[Anacaona]] (the town was then named ''Yaguana'') and of [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of the Haitian revolutionary [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] ([[1758]]). |
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Revision as of 03:47, 12 July 2006
Léogâne (also Léoagane) is a coastal town in the Department Ouest (West) in the South of Haiti (18°30′39″N, 72°38′2″W). The port town is located about 29 km (18 miles) West of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. Léogâne is the birthplace of the Taíno queen Anacaona (the town was then named Yaguana) and of Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité, the wife of the Haitian revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758).
References
- Leogane. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America, edited by Saul B. Cohen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. www.bartleby.com. [Accessed on 6/21/2006].
