Official Name: | Anse-à-Galets |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Haiti |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haiti |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Haiti |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Ouest |
Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name2: | La Gonâve |
Area Total Km2: | 372.01 |
Population As Of: | March, 2015 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 62,559 |
Population Density Km2: | 168 |
Coordinates: | 18.8333°N -72.8667°W |
Elevation M: | 16 |
Anse-à-Galets (Haitian; Haitian Creole: Ansagalèt) is a commune and city in the La Gonâve Arrondissement, in the Ouest department on Gonâve Island in Haiti, located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve. It is the largest commune on the island and has 62,559 inhabitants.
The current mayor of the city of Anse-a-Galets is Ernso Louissaint.
The commune is served by Anse-à-Galets Airport and a public wharf. The public wharf has daily ferry traffic to the Haitian mainland at the Carries Ferry terminal.