Official Name: | Jean-Rabel |
Native Name: | Jan Rabèl |
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: | Môle-Saint-Nicolas |
Area Total Km2: | 488.13 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 148,416 |
Population Density Km2: | 304 |
Population Note: | est. adult population only |
Coordinates: | 19.85°N -73.2°W |
Elevation M: | 106 |
Jean-Rabel (Haitian; Haitian Creole: Jan Rabèl) is a commune located west of the city of Port-de-Paix and east of the city of the Môle-Saint-Nicolas Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti. As of 2015, the estimated adult population was 148,416.
The city of Jean-Rabel is the most important in the western area of the department. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the north, the District of Môle Saint Nicolas on the west side, the District of Port-de-Paix on the east, and the City of Anse-Rouge in the Department of Artibonite on the south.
Jean-Rabel's territory contains two mountain ranges. The Saint Nicolas mountain range is located in the central part and has the two highest altitude points (the Pic Morvan, 800 meters high, and the Mount Château, 840 meters high), The Jean-Rabel mountain range's highest point is 850 meters.
The commune had an estimated adult population of 148,416 for the year 2015.
The commune had an estimated adult population of for the year 2009.[2]
The commune had an enumerated population of 125,745 for the year 2003.[3]
The commune of Jean-Rabel is subdivided into seven communal sections, namely:
La ville de Jean-Rabel shares its name with the town (French: ville, le bourg) of Jean-Rabel, a major metropolitan business area. The city of Jean-Rabel is 23 mi/37 km west-southwest of Port-de-Paix and 155.35 mi/250 km north of Port-au-Prince. The city also shares its name with the river: la Riviere de Jean-Rabel.
The Republic of Haïti has three places with the name of Jean Rabel: