Gros-Morne, Haiti Explained

Official Name:Gros-Morne
Native Name:Gwo Mòn
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:Artibonite
Subdivision Type2:Arrondissement
Subdivision Name2:Gros-Morne
Population As Of:2010
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:7,294
Coordinates:19.6667°N -72.6833°W
Elevation M:211

Gros-Morne (pronounced as /fr/; Haitian; Haitian Creole: Gwo Mòn) is a commune in the Gros-Morne Arrondissement, in the Artibonite department of Haiti. It has 7,294 inhabitants (2010). Gros-Morne is a rural city in Haiti. Its name means "Big Mountain."

Economy

Gros-Morne is famous for its production of the "Madame Francis" mango, in spite of the limited means of transport.[2] [3]

References

The Moise family has been sponsoring the advancement of Gros-Morne's agriculture since 1980. In 2019 one of the family youngest son Marvens Kwensky Moise, started the non-profit organization "Ann Plante Gros-Morne" to help further the cause.

Notes and References

  1. Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
  2. Web site: Charles . Jean Hervé . Commentary: Gros Morne, Haiti, the capital of the forbidden fruit: The Francis mango . Caribbean News Now . 2020-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170127160915/http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-Commentary%3A-Gros-Morne,-Haiti,-the-capital-of-the-forbidden-fruit%3A-The-Francis-mango-33289.html . 2017-01-27 . 24 January 2017 . dead.
  3. Web site: Vilton Charles, the man behind KOPKOMFG . Junior, Jeanty Gerard . 19 December 2014 . . 26 March 2017.