Léogâne

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commune

Léogâne is a coastal commune in western Haiti, historically significant as a former indigenous and colonial center and heavily affected by the 2010 earthquake.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commune →
administrativeDivisionType	commune →
affectedBy	2010 Haiti earthquake →
climate	tropical →
country	Haiti →
countrySubdivision	Ouest department →
demographics	predominantly Afro-Haitian population →
distanceToPort-au-Prince	about 29 km west →
earthquakeDamageLevel2010	severe →
economicActivity	agriculture → commerce → fishing →
epicenterOf	2010 Haiti earthquake →
ethnicHistory	Taíno population →
geologicalSetting	Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone vicinity →
hasCoastline	true →
hasCulturalTradition	Carnival and local festivals → Haitian Vodou practices →
hasLocalGovernment	communal administration →
hasMunicipalSeat	Léogâne (town) →
hasPort	small coastal port →
hasPostalService	true →
hasReliefEfforts	post-2010 international humanitarian aid →
historicalSignificance	former colonial center → former indigenous Taíno center →
language	Haitian Creole →
locatedIn	Arrondissement of Léogâne → Caribbean region → Ouest department →
locatedOn	Caribbean Sea → Gulf of Gonâve →
nearbyCity	Port-au-Prince →
officialLanguage	French →
partOf	western Haiti →
percentageDestroyed2010Earthquake	over 80 percent of buildings →
populationImpact2010Earthquake	very high casualties and displacement →
region	Caribbean →
religionMajority	Christianity →
risk	flooding risk → high seismic risk →
sovereignState	Republic of Haiti →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone → UTC−05:00 →
transportConnection	Route Nationale No. 2 →
urbanType	coastal urban area →
wasPartOf	French colony of Saint-Domingue → Spanish colony of Hispaniola →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ouest Department →	containsCity
Hôpital Sainte-Croix, Léogâne →	locatedIn