Léogâne

From TLP
Revision as of 21:52, 20 June 2006 by Doe (talk | contribs) (Haitian town)

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search

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 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].
Retrieved from "http://thelouvertureproject.org/index.php?title=Léogâne&oldid=14996"