Official Name: | L'Estère |
Native Name: | Lestè |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Haiti |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haiti |
Coordinates: | 19.3333°N -112°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Haiti |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Artibonite |
Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name2: | Gonaïves |
Population As Of: | 7 August 2003 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3,000 |
Elevation M: | 3 |
L'Estère (Haitian; Haitian Creole: Lestè) is a commune in the Gonaïves Arrondissement, in the Artibonite department of Haiti.It has 3,000 inhabitants. This historical city of 3,000 inhabitants is where the famous battle of the Haitian Revolution took place on February 23, 1803 between the troops of Rochambeau and Dessalines at the Ravine-à-Couleuvres.