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Jérémie
Jeremi
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Commune
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Jérémie (2007)
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La Cité des Poètes
The City of Poets |
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 Jérémie
Location in Haiti
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| Country | Haiti |
| Department | Grand'Anse |
| Arrondissement | Jérémie |
| Founded | 1756 |
| Population
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| • Metro | 31,000 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
Jérémie is a commune and capital city of the Grand'Anse department in Haiti. It had a population of about 31,000 at the 2003 census. It is relatively isolated from the rest of the country. The Grande-Anse River flows near the city.
Jérémie is called the city of the poets because of the numerous writers, poets, and historians born there.
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History
The town was founded in 1756 when the country was the French colony of Saint-Domingue. It was built where there was a small fishing town called Trou-Jérémie.
In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, a food aid convoy transporting aid delivered to Jérémie Airport through Jérémie, encountered a hijacking attempt by 20 men, on 30 January 2010. Medical supplies have also been airlifted through the airport, due to the increase in medical needs from injured refugees arriving in the wake of the quake.
In October 2016, Jeremie was almost completely destroyed by Hurricane Matthew as it went past Haiti.
Roughly 40 nautical miles (46 mi; 74 km) west of the city lies Navassa Island, which is claimed by Haiti and the United States.
Geography
The city is on the north coast of the Southern Peninsula, on a small bay. It is among low mountains (Bordes, Rochasse and Caracol) and almost isolated from the rest of the country, about 280 km south of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. To the southeast of the city is the River Grande-Anse.
Economy
Jeremie is an important Haitian port; bananas are send to other countries from this port. The city has an airport, Jérémie Airport. The Airport of Jérémie is known as the area of " Numero Deux". Mission Aviation Fellowship conducts charter flights into the airport.
Places to visit
There are several interesting places to visit and see in Jérémie and near the city. Some of them are:
- Fort Télémaque or Fort Marfrac. It was built after the Haitian independence to defend the area.
- Église Saint-Louis (Saint Louis Church), built during the 19th century.
- The Anse-d'Azur' beach. There are other interesting beaches such as those of Gommier and Guinaudée.
- L'Habitation Latibolière where the General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, father of the French writer Alexandre Dumas, was born. It was a farm where coffee was grown; its old name was Habitation Davy de La Pailleterie.
See also
In Spanish: Jérémie para niños
