Pétion-Ville

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Pétion-Ville

Total population

342,400

Coordinates18.51°, -72.29°

Demographic figures from IHSI Haiti. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Pétion-Ville is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate from the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle. Founded in 1831 by president Jean-Pierre Boyer, it was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion (1770–1818), the Haitian general and president later recognized as one of the country's four founding fathers.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.