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'''Port-au-Prince''', ([[Kreyòl]]: ''Pòtoprens'') (18°32′N 72°20′W) is the capital and largest city of the [[Republic of Haiti]]. It is located on a bay of the Gulf of La Gonave in the department Ouest (''West''). It's current population (2005) is estimated at 2.5 to 3 million people.
 
'''Port-au-Prince''', ([[Kreyòl]]: ''Pòtoprens'') (18°32′N 72°20′W) is the capital and largest city of the [[Republic of Haiti]]. It is located on a bay of the Gulf of La Gonave in the department Ouest (''West''). It's current population (2005) is estimated at 2.5 to 3 million people.
  
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===History of Port-au-Prince===
 
At the end of the 15th century, at the time of [[Columbus]] arrival, the region around Port-au-Prince was under the control of a [[Taino]] ruler by the name of Bohechio, but there was no major settlement.
 
At the end of the 15th century, at the time of [[Columbus]] arrival, the region around Port-au-Prince was under the control of a [[Taino]] ruler by the name of Bohechio, but there was no major settlement.
  
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The name of the town is said to have derived from a vessel ''Le Prince'' that had anchored in the Bay of Port-au-Prince.
 
The name of the town is said to have derived from a vessel ''Le Prince'' that had anchored in the Bay of Port-au-Prince.
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====Dessalines assassination in 1806====
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[[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] was assassinated in an ambush north of Port-au-Prince at Pont Larnage, (now known as [[Pont-Rouge]]) on [[October 17]], [[1806]] while he was en route to battle rebels. [[Henry Christophe]] renamed the city ''Port-aux-Crimes'' (''City of Crimes'') afterwards.
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A woman by the name of [[Défilée]], a woman,gathered the mutilated body of Jean-Jacques Dessalines to bury him. He was later interred in Port-au-Prince
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In 1892 a marble monument for Dessalines was erected at the Cimetière Intérieur of Port-au-Prince and in March of 1936, it was moved to Pont-Rouge.
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==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 00:06, 5 May 2006

Port-au-Prince, (Kreyòl: Pòtoprens) (18°32′N 72°20′W) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Haiti. It is located on a bay of the Gulf of La Gonave in the department Ouest (West). It's current population (2005) is estimated at 2.5 to 3 million people.

History of Port-au-Prince

At the end of the 15th century, at the time of Columbus arrival, the region around Port-au-Prince was under the control of a Taino ruler by the name of Bohechio, but there was no major settlement.

Port-au-Prince was founded in 1749 by French sugar planters, in what was then the French colony of Saint-Domingue. In 1770, it became the capital, replacing Cap Français, and in 1804 it became the capital of newly-independent Haiti. The city was captured by British troops on June 4, 1794.

During colonial times, before the declaration of independence in 1804, the city was named Port-au-Prince, then Port Républicain in French (after the (French Revolution) and Port Republican in English before being renamed Port-au-Prince by Jean-Jacques Dessalines in 1804.

The name of the town is said to have derived from a vessel Le Prince that had anchored in the Bay of Port-au-Prince.

Dessalines assassination in 1806

Jean-Jacques Dessalines was assassinated in an ambush north of Port-au-Prince at Pont Larnage, (now known as Pont-Rouge) on October 17, 1806 while he was en route to battle rebels. Henry Christophe renamed the city Port-aux-Crimes (City of Crimes) afterwards.

A woman by the name of Défilée, a woman,gathered the mutilated body of Jean-Jacques Dessalines to bury him. He was later interred in Port-au-Prince

In 1892 a marble monument for Dessalines was erected at the Cimetière Intérieur of Port-au-Prince and in March of 1936, it was moved to Pont-Rouge.


See also

Reference

  • Port-au-Prince. (2005, December 1). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:22, December 13, 2005 [1].

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