Official Name: | L'Asile |
Native Name: | Lazil |
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: | Nippes |
Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name2: | Anse-à-Veau |
Area Total Km2: | 153.82 |
Population As Of: | 7 August 2003 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 40,000 |
Coordinates: | 18.3833°N -73.4167°W |
Elevation M: | 125 |
L'Asile (Haitian; Haitian Creole: Lazil) is a commune in the Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement, in the Nippes department of Haiti.It has 30,240 inhabitants.
The name comes from French meaning "the asylum" probably it was used for an asylum during colonial era.