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Descloches Destination Guide

Discover Descloches in Haiti

Descloches in the region of Ouest is a town located in Haiti - some 13 mi or ( 20 km ) East of Port-au-Prince , the country's capital .

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Local time in Descloches is now 07:31 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Port-au-Prince " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Santo Domingo, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santa Cruz de Barahona, San Juan de la Maguana, and Salvaleón de Higüey. When in this area, you might want to check out Santo Domingo . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Descloches ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Royal Oasis : A 5 star Hotel opening soon in Haiti (developer and CEO : Jerry Tardieu)

2:04 min by renaldop
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The Royal Oasis -- opening in Haiti during the summer of 2012 -- will be a 130 room city hotel that will operate under the flag of the Spanish hospitality chain - Occidental Hotels & Resorts (OHR) - o ..

Bridge crossing Cap Haitien, Haiti, Feb. 2010

1:33 min by ltschmidt02
Views: 11660 Rating: 4.62

Cap Haitien, Haiti, taken by my wife Jennifer on her medical mission there in Feb. 2010. This is SHADA, the poorest area in Cap. This was taken on Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent (Ash Wednesday) bega ..


alfred's ocean palace. negril, jamaica

0:28 min by mwenvlay
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video: the kids who we went out on a boat ride with and some random guy walking into the bar. audio: my sister telling a story about how she'd gone somewhere (i'm guessing st. martin) and made friends ..

jacqueline lessard orphelinat espoir d'enfants Haiti

6:20 min by cboulianne
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Cérémonie de graduation d'enfants de l'organisation OPSHU (Organisation Pour la Promotion Sociale de l'Être Humain) Juin 2008 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Dubé

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Located at 18.55 -72.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
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Trou Caïman

Trou Caïman, sometimes called Eau Gallée by locals, is a saltwater lake in Haiti known for its excellent birdwatching opportunities. The lake is 9 km (5.6 mi) long, 3 km (1.9 mi) wide, and approximately 16 km² (6.2 mi²) in area. It is located northeast of Croix-des-Bouquets in the Ouest Department on the Plaine du Cul-de-Sac rift valley nearby much larger saline lakes such as Lake Azuéi in Haiti, and Lake Enriquillo in the Dominican Republic.

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Located at 18.65 -72.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Lakes of Haiti

Etang Saumâtre

Étang Saumâtre is the largest lake in Haiti and the second largest lake in Hispaniola, after Lake Enriquillo. It is also known as Lac Azuéi (Lake Azuéi); it is called Lago del Fondo in the Dominican Republic. Its Taíno name was Yainagua. The Étang Saumâtre, the brackish water lake is a twin of the Enriquillo Lake, is 22 kilometres east of Port-au-Prince on the fertile Plaine du Cul-de-Sac.

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Located at 18.60 -72.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Dominican Republic–Haiti border, International lakes of North America, Lagoons, Lakes of Haiti

2008 Pétionville school collapse

The Pétionville school collapse occurred on November 7, 2008, in Pétionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when the church-operated Collège La Promesse Évangélique ("The Evangelical Promise School") collapsed at around 10:00 a.m. local time . About 700 students from kindergarten through high school attended the school; however, it is unclear how many were in the three-story building when it collapsed. At least 93 people, mostly children, were confirmed killed, and over 150 injured.

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Located at 18.52 -72.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: 2008 disasters, 2008 in Haiti, Collapsed buildings, Disasters in Haiti, Disasters in schools

Pétionville

Pétion-Ville is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate of the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle. It was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion (1770–1818), the Haitian general and president later recognized as one of the country's four founding fathers. The district is primarily a residential and tourist area. It held a population of 283,052 at the 2003 Census, which was officially estimated to have reached 342,694 in 2009.

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Located at 18.52 -72.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Communes of Haiti, Ouest Department, Populated places in Haiti, Port-au-Prince