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Also known as Anse-a-Galets

Anse-à-Galets (; ) is a commune and city in the La Gonâve Arrondissement, in the Ouest department on Gonâve Island in Haiti, located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve. It is the largest commune on the island and has 62,559 inhabitants.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Anse-à-Galets
Settlement.image_skyline
Anse a Galets Ile de la Gonave Haiti.jpg
Settlement.settlement_type
Commune
Settlement.pushpin_map
Haiti
Settlement.pushpin_relief
yes
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
top
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Haiti
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Haiti
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Ouest
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Arrondissement
Settlement.subdivision_name2
La Gonâve
Settlement.area_total_km2
372.01
Settlement.population_as_of
March, 2015
Settlement.population_total
62,559
Settlement.population_density_km2
168
Settlement.elevation_m
16

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Anse-à-Galets (; ) is a commune and city in the La Gonâve Arrondissement, in the Ouest department on Gonâve Island in Haiti, located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve. It is the largest commune on the island and has 62,559 inhabitants.

The current mayor of the city of Anse-a-Galets is Ernso Louissaint.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anse-à-Galets” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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