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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Gonaïves canonical 7
city of Gonaïves 1

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Predicate Object
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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