Gonaïves

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Gonaïves is a coastal city in western Haiti historically renowned as the birthplace of the nation’s independence and a center of political activity.

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instanceOf city ⓘ
commune ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Haiti ⓘ
countryCapitalOf Artibonite department ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType commune of Haiti ⓘ
demographicsGroup predominantly Afro-Haitian population ⓘ
hasApproximatePopulation 300000 ⓘ
hasAreaCode +509 ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Haitian Revolution ⓘ
post-independence Haitian politics ⓘ
hasNaturalRisk vulnerable to flooding ⓘ
vulnerable to hurricanes ⓘ
hasPort Port of Gonaïves ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix HT41 ⓘ
hasReligionMajority Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasReligionSignificant Protestantism ⓘ
Vodou ⓘ
linked to: Haitian Vodou
hasUniversity Public University of Artibonite at Gonaïves ⓘ
independenceProclaimedBy Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ
independenceProclaimedOn 1804-01-01 ⓘ
isCoastalCity true ⓘ
isKnownAs City of Independence ⓘ
isRegionalCenterFor Artibonite plain ⓘ
locatedIn Artibonite department ⓘ
western Haiti ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Port-au-Prince ⓘ
locatedOn Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Gonâve ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Hispaniola ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
port activities ⓘ
namedAfter Gonâve Island ⓘ
notableEvent Haitian independence proclamation ⓘ
notableFor Haitian Independence Day celebrations ⓘ
primaryLanguage Haitian Creole ⓘ
proclaimedIndependenceOf Haiti ⓘ
roleInHistory birthplace of Haitian independence ⓘ
roleInPolitics center of political activity in Haiti ⓘ
secondaryLanguage French ⓘ
timeZone UTC-5 ⓘ
timeZoneDST UTC-4 ⓘ
transportConnection served by National Route 1 of Haiti ⓘ
usesCurrency Haitian gourde ⓘ
wasSeverelyAffectedBy Hurricane Hanna (2008) ⓘ
Hurricane Jeanne (2004) ⓘ

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