Petit-Goâve
Petit-Goâve
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Coordinates: 18°25′53″N 72°52′1″W / 18.43139°N 72.86694°W | |
Country | Haiti |
Department | Ouest |
Arrondissement | Léogâne |
Population | |
• Total | 12,000 |
Petit-Goâve (
History
The town is one of the oldest cities of the country, and was named Goâve by the
January 2010 earthquake
The town was significantly affected by the 12 January 2010 earthquake.[1] On 20 January a strong aftershock of magnitude 5.9 Mw struck Haiti.[2] The U.S. Geological Survey reported that its epicenter was almost exactly under Petit-Goâve. The magnitude of the aftershock was initially reported as 6.1 by the USGS, but was later revised to 5.9.[3]
On the 19th, authorized by the
By 9 February 2010, the US 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit was rotating out of Haiti, having been replaced by the US 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, in their position on USS Bataan and Carrefour, Léogâne, Petit-Goâve, and Grand-Goâve.[7][8]
Aid For Haiti (AFH), a US-based non-profit has been coordinating some of the local medical care in the area of Petit-Goâve. They are located at the Wesleyan Compound in Petit-Goâve.
The 400th episode of the radio program This American Life, which aired in February 2010, featured a story on a school in Petit-Goâve and estimated 1000 people died due to the earthquake.[9]
Notables
- Dany Laferrière, Haitian-Canadian writer
- Faustin Elie Soulouque(Faustin I), President of Haiti (1847–1849), Emperor of Haiti (1849–1859)
Facilities
Petit-Goâve has a hospital, Notre-Dame de Petit-Goâve.[10] In February 2010, this hospital was largely unusable due to damage from the earthquake. The Norwegian Red Cross ERU (Emergency Response Unit) has established their field hospital in the hospital and runs 2 fully equipped Operation Theaters and 2 ambulances with paramedics. Norwegian Red Cross support the hospital with electrical power, medical equipment and medicine.
On February 15, 2013, the
Pictures
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The town of Petit-Goâve in 1981
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Street scene in Petit-Goâve
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Landscape in Les Palmes
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A catholic church in the village of Delatte
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A market in Delatte
References
- ^ CNN, "Outside Port-au-Prince, 'towns are absolutely destroyed'", Khadijah Rentas, 15 January 2010 (accessed 17 January 2010)
- ^ http://www.canada.com/news/world/Magnitude+aftershock+strikes+Haiti/2463104/story.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Magnitude 6.1 - Haiti Region". 20 January 2010. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ (in French) Agence France-Presse, "Les Américains passent à la vitesse supérieure", Clarens Renois, 19 January 2010 (accessed 28 January 2010)
- ^ (in French) Journal Ouest-France, "Le navire-hopital espagnol devrait arriver à Petit-Goave début février" Archived 2010-01-29 at the Wayback Machine, 27 January 2010 (accessed 28 January 2010)
- ^ Latin American Herald Tribune, "Spanish Aid Ship Reaches Haiti" Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, 5 February 2010 (accessed 5 February 2010)
- ^ WITN, "24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Leaving Haiti" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, NBC News, 9 February 2010 (accessed 10 February 2010)
- ^ DVIDS, "22nd MEU Moves Into Carrefour", 22MEU, 8 February 2010 (accessed 10 February 2010)
- ^ "400: Stories Pitched by Our Parents - This American Life". This American Life. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ (in Spanish) "La operación "Hispaniola", totalmente operativa en Haití" Archived 2010-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, Gema Nieves, 8 February 2010 (accessed 11 February 2010)
- ^ "US plans to build 2 prisons in Haiti's provinces", Miami Herald, 15 February 2013 (accessed 17 February 2013)
External links
- Petit-Goâve 350 Development
- Reuters, "Petit-Goâve atlas of building damage assessment", 2 March 2010