Bel Air, Haiti

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Coordinates: 18°33′N 72°20′W / 18.550°N 72.333°W / 18.550; -72.333
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Bel Air
Bèlè
Neighborhood
Department
Ouest
ArrondissementPort-au-Prince

Bel Air (

Haitian Creole: Bèlè, English: Pretty Air) is a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is a slum area of the city and suffers from poverty. Crime is widespread, and kidnappings and killings have created panic among the local population.[1] The neighborhood is also noted for housing a community of artists and craftsmen who produce inspired by Haitian Vodou, such as flags.[2][3]

History

Bel Air has served as a launching site for political demonstrations demanding the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. In recent years it has been marred by political violence and massacres by police.[4]

In the late 19th century, Bel Air was the preferred place of settlement for British West Indian migrants to Haiti, the largest group of which were Jamaicans.[5]

marines
in Bel Air in April 2004.

On January 5, 2005 an uprising broke out and was suppressed by hundreds of

2005 elections in Haiti
.

The 2010 earthquake destroyed numerous buildings in Bel Air.

The neighborhood was the most devastated area of Port-au-Prince after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[6]

Crime

At the end of 2011, the murder rate in Bel Air reached 50 murders per 100,000 residents, up from 19 murders per 100,000 residents in 2010.[7]

References

  1. ^ UNICEF
  2. ISBN 9781741040555
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  3. ISBN 9780549453369
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  4. ^ a b c "UN occupies Bel Air in Haiti". Haitaction.net. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
  5. ISBN 9781469617985
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  6. ^ Fome e sede fazem violência aumentar em Porto Príncipe no Haiti Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese), Correio da Bahia. Retrieved on January 20, 2010.
  7. ^ "Haiti's Urban Crime Wave? Results from Monthly Household Surveys August 2011 - February 2012", Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Igarape. Kolbe, Athena R & Muggah, Robert (2012), p.4.[permanent dead link]

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