Milot facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Milot (Kréyòl): Milo
View of Milot from the road to the Citadelle
Country	Haiti
Département	Nord
Arrondisement	Acul-du-Nord
Elevation	105 m (344 ft)
Population  (2003)
• Total	25,149
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
Postal Code	HT 1230 - 1231
Distance to  – Cap-Haïtien	15 km

Milot, (Kréyòl: Milo) is a town in northern Haiti, in the arrondissement (part of a Haitian department) Acul-du-Nord, Nord department; the town is on the northern foothills of the Massif du Nord mountain range.

The most important economic activity in Milot is farming. Some crops are sugar cane, cacao, tobacco and citrus fruits like orange.

After the Haitian independence, the country was divided in two parts and the northern part was made a kingdom by Henri Christophe and he made Milot the capital of his kingdom.

Christophe built a palace in Milot where he and his family lived; the palace was named Sans-Souci. He also built a fort, Citadelle Laferrière, high in the mountains at about 8 km from Milot, and some smaller forts in Ramiens, on the road to the Citadelle. These buildings are now part of the Natural History Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers, a World Heritage Site designated by the UNESCO in 1982.

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