Official Name: | Cavaillon |
Native Name: | Kavayon |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Haiti |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haiti |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Haiti |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Sud |
Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name2: | Aquin |
Population As Of: | 7 August 2003 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 46,037 (commune) |
Coordinates: | 18.3°N -73.65°W |
Elevation M: | 109 |
Cavaillon (pronounced as /fr/; ht|Kavayon) or Cavaellon is a commune and a rural town located in the Aquin Arrondissement of the Sud department of Haiti.
Its nearest neighboring towns/cities are Nan Cotie (12 km north), Saint-Louis-du-Sud (20 km southeast), and Les Cayes (16 km west).
Balou, Boileau, Bedo, Martineau, Cassignol, Bonne Fin, Digo Salo, Fevre, Grand Dieu, Grand Place, Grand-Blois, Gross Mary, L'ellet, La Marche, Nan Cotie, Rosseau and Volbrune.
The town is most famous for being the birthplace of both Benito Martínez Abrogán,[2] Cuba's oldest-ever person, and George Valris, a famous Caribbean artist.