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On 12 January 2010, a [[2010 Haiti earthquake|7.0 magnitude earthquake struck]] the arrondissement. The city of [[Léogane]] was estimated to be 80-90% destroyed. <ref> ABC News, [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/17/2794043.htm?section=justin 'Haiti Disaster Like "No Other"'], '''AFP''', '''Lisa Millar''', ''17 January 2010'' (accessed 17 January 2010) </ref> [[Petit Goâve]] was greatly affected by the quake.<ref> CNN, [http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/15/earthquake.damage.elsewhere/index.html?hpt=T2 "Outside Port-au-Prince, 'towns are absolutely destroyed'"], '''Khadijah Rentas''', ''15 January 2010'' (accessed 17 January 2010) </ref> |
On 12 January 2010, a [[2010 Haiti earthquake|7.0 magnitude earthquake struck]] the arrondissement. The city of [[Léogane]] was estimated to be 80-90% destroyed. <ref> ABC News, [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/17/2794043.htm?section=justin 'Haiti Disaster Like "No Other"'], '''AFP''', '''Lisa Millar''', ''17 January 2010'' (accessed 17 January 2010) </ref> [[Petit Goâve]] was greatly affected by the quake.<ref> CNN, [http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/15/earthquake.damage.elsewhere/index.html?hpt=T2 "Outside Port-au-Prince, 'towns are absolutely destroyed'"], '''Khadijah Rentas''', ''15 January 2010'' (accessed 17 January 2010) </ref> All public buildings in [[Grand-Goâve]] were destroyed.<ref> La Presse (Montreal), [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/international/amerique-latine/seisme-en-haiti/201001/18/01-940162-deux-quebecoises-sont-mortes-a-grand-goave.php "Deux Québécoises sont mortes à Grand-Goâve"], '''Émilie Côté''', ''18 January 2010'' (accessed 21 January 2010) </ref> |
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Revision as of 10:50, 21 January 2010
Léogâne (Creole: Leyogàn) is an arrondissement in the Ouest Department of Haiti. It has 300,982 inhabitants[1]. Postal codes in the Léogâne Arrondissement start with the number 62.
The arondissement consists of the following municipalities:
History
2010 7.0 Earthquake
On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the arrondissement. The city of Léogane was estimated to be 80-90% destroyed. [2] Petit Goâve was greatly affected by the quake.[3] All public buildings in Grand-Goâve were destroyed.[4]
References
- ^ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI), 7 August 2003.
- ^ ABC News, 'Haiti Disaster Like "No Other"', AFP, Lisa Millar, 17 January 2010 (accessed 17 January 2010)
- ^ CNN, "Outside Port-au-Prince, 'towns are absolutely destroyed'", Khadijah Rentas, 15 January 2010 (accessed 17 January 2010)
- ^ La Presse (Montreal), "Deux Québécoises sont mortes à Grand-Goâve", Émilie Côté, 18 January 2010 (accessed 21 January 2010)
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