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Jacmel

Caribbean

Jacmel is a commune in southern Haiti and the capital of the Sud-Est department, about 24 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince across the Tiburon Peninsula, with a population of 221,965 at the 2024 census. In 1925 Jacmel was dubbed the City of Light, becoming the first town in the Caribbean to have electricity.

Facts
Population
221,965 1
Area (sq km)
443.88 1
Founding Year
1698 1
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
43 1
Latitude
18.234167 degrees north 1
Longitude
72.534722 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC-05:00 2
Sources
1. Jacmel (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1698-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 221,965 (2024)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 18.234167, longitude -72.534722
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 43 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 443.88 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 221965 (2024)
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2. GeoNames: Jacmel - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3723779
    18.23569 -72.53686 P PPLA HT 13 3723778 137966 29 America/Port-au-Prince
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 29 m
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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 18.25, -72.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.25, -72.75
18.25 -72.75 Aw
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Jacmel (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Caribbean (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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