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Gonaïves

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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.

Facts
Population
84,961 1
Founding Year
1422 2
Founding Year
1422 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC-05:00 4
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Haitian Declaration of Independence

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Source Haitian Declaration of Independence (Wikipedia)Lead
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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)
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    6
  • History
    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).
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 19.25, -72.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 19.25, -72.75
19.25 -72.75 Aw
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4. GeoNames: Gonaïves - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3724696, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 3724696, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
19.44755 -72.68928 P PPLA HT 06 3724695 84961 5 America/Port-au-Prince
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Gonaives (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Caribbean (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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