Anse-à-Galets explained

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.

Transportation

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes en 2015 . Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI) . 3 June 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151106110552/http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf . 6 November 2015 .