Roche-à-Bateaux

Also known as Roche-a-Bateaux

Roche-à-Bateaux (; ) is a commune in the Côteaux Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. In 2015, the commune had 18,394 residents.

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Vinony's link graph records 210 inbound references to Roche-à-Bateaux, and connects out to Les Côteaux Arrondissement, commune of Haiti and Haiti.

The entry is geolocated on the map in HT, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under the topic Communes of Sud (department).

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Roche-à-Bateau
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map: Haiti
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: Sud
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Arrondissement
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Côteaux
Settlement.area_total_km2: 46.24
Settlement.population_as_of: 2015
Settlement.population_total: 18394
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.elevation_m: 97
Settlement.timezone: EST

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of Haiti
Country: Haiti
Located in: Les Côteaux Arrondissement
Population: 18394
Area: 46.24
Elevation: 97

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postal code: HT 8430

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Encyclopedic overview

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Roche-à-Bateaux (; ) is a commune in the Côteaux Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. In 2015, the commune had 18,394 residents.

==History== Roche-à-Bateaux was hit by a category 4 tropical storm in 2016, Hurricane Matthew directly passed over the Sud department of Haiti over the course of 36 minutes. 50 people were killed as a result of the 9.8ft (3m) storm surge which hit the coastal town, strong winds of 145mph also destroyed 62% of homes in the municipality.

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