Léogâne

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

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Léogâne canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commune
administrativeDivisionType commune
affectedBy 2010 Haiti earthquake
climate tropical
country Haiti
countrySubdivision Ouest Department
surface form: 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
surface form: 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
surface form: Caribbean region

Ouest Department
surface form: 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 Haiti
surface form: 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

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