Gonaives is a commune in northern Haiti and the capital of the Artibonite department. Taíno settlers founded it around 1422 under the name Gonaibo, and it earned the name La Cite de l'Independance because Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti's independence from France there on January 1, 1804. The 2015 census recorded 356,324 residents. The city has also been the site of serious unrest, including the start of the 2004 Haitian rebellion, and of severe hurricane damage, most notably when Hurricane Hanna killed 529 people there in 2008.
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Source Haitian Declaration of Independence (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
was proclaimed on 1 January 1804 in the port city of Gonaïves by Jean-Jacques Dessalines
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1. GeoNames: Gonaïves
GeoNames geonameid 3724696 (Gonaïves), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Gonaïves (Wikipedia)
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The city of Gonaïves was founded around 1422 by a group of Taíno, who named it Gonaibo (to designate a locality of cacicat of the Jaragua).
Gonaives (Wikipedia)
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