Léogâne
Léogâne is the name of both a coastal city and a district in Ouest Department, Haiti. The city of Léogâne is around . The arrondissement of Léogâne contains three communes: Petit-Goâve, Grand-Goâve, and the city of Léogâne. The town was at the epicenter of the 12 January 2010 earthquake and was catastrophically affected, with 80–90% of buildings damaged. This is because the country could not afford earthquake-proof buildings as it is very poor.[1][2]
The port town is about 29 kilometres (18 mi) West of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. Léogâne is the birthplace of the Taíno queen Anacaona (the town was originally called the Amerindian name Yaguana and the city's name is a corruption of that) and of Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité, the wife of the Haitian revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758).
Léogâne Media
Damage to Léogâne on 22 January
Sugar Mill in Darbonne Léogâne.
Léogâne Cycling Club (LCC)
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References
- ↑ Lisa Millar (17 January 2010). Tens of thousands neglected at quake epicenter. ABC News. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/17/2794190.htm. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ↑ Lisa Millar (17 January 2010). Haiti Disaster Like "No Other". ABC News. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/17/2794043.htm?section=justin. Retrieved 17 January 2010.[dead link]
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