Official Name: | Bassin-Bleu |
Native Name: | Basen Ble |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Haiti |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haiti |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Haiti |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Nord-Ouest |
Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name2: | Port-de-Paix |
Population As Of: | 7 August 2003 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 33,926 |
Coordinates: | 19.7833°N -72.8°W |
Elevation M: | 198 |
Bassin-Bleu (pronounced as /fr/; Haitian; Haitian Creole: Basen Ble) is a commune in the Port-de-Paix Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti. It has 33,926 inhabitants. Bassin-Bleu is a home to a waterfall/pond also called Bassin-Bleu. They are a main tourist attraction. Bassin-Bleu in the Nord-Ouest department has a river running through it call Les Trois-Rivieres. The Bassin-Bleu with the waterfall is in the South of Haiti near the city of Jacmel.