Petit-Trou-de-Nippes
Ti Twou de Nip
Petit-Trou-de-Nippes is located in Haiti
Petit-Trou-de-Nippes
Petit-Trou-de-Nippes
Location in Haiti
Coordinates: 18°32′0″N 73°31′0″W / 18.53333°N 73.51667°W / 18.53333; -73.51667
CountryHaiti
DepartmentNippes
ArrondissementAnse-à-Veau
Elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (7 August 2003)[1]
  Total36,143

Petit-Trou-de-Nippes (French pronunciation: [pəti tʁu nip]; Haitian Creole: Ti Twou de Nip) is a commune in the Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement, in the Nippes department of Haiti. It has 36,143 inhabitants.

On 14 August 2021 it was near the epicenter of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that has killed at least 2,207 people and injured 12,268 more.

In 1963, the commune was devastated by Hurricane Flora, destroying 85% of the village.

The town's name means "Little hole of Nippes".[2]

References

  1. Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
  2. From Google translate from both Haitian creole and French to English.


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