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Cap-Haïtien (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 19 45 34 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 19.7590 decimal degrees |
| Long: 072 11 53 W degrees minutes |
Long: -72.1980 decimal degrees |
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Note: Founded by the French; was elegant capital of the Saint-Dominigue colony; scene of slave uprisings in 1791; used by American ships 1798-1800 & during American Civil War; razed by Haitian & French troops in 1802, but largely rebuilt by 1820. |
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| Cap-Haïtien (preferred,C,V)
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| Cape Haitien (C,V)
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| Cap Hatien (C,O)
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| Cape Haytien (C,V)
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| Guárico (C,V)
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| Le Cap (C,V)
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| Ville du Cap-Haitien (C,V)
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| Cap-Français (H,V)
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| Paris of the Antilles (H,O)
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Nord (department) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 1670 |
| city (C) |
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| department capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of colony, until 1770 |
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