Lapointe, Haiti Explained
19.95°N -72.7833°W
| Official Name: | Lapointe |
| Settlement Type: | Commune |
| Pushpin Map: | Haiti |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haiti |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Haiti |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nord-Ouest |
| Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
| Subdivision Name2: | Port-de-Paix |
| Population As Of: | 2015 est. |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 9,930 |
| Coordinates: | 19.95°N -72.7833°W |
Lapointe (or La Pointe) is a commune in the Port-de-Paix Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti.[2] [3] Once a communal section, a presidential decree on 22 July 2015 made it a commune.[4]
Notes and References
- Web site: Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 Ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes En 2015 . Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI) . 19 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151106110552/http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf . 6 November 2015 .
- http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-99215&fid=2263&c=haiti Geographic Names - La Pointe: Haiti (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA)
- http://haiti-reference.com/pages/plan/geographie-et-tourisme/divisions-territoriales/arrondissements-et-communes/ Haiti-Référence: 7320.- Arrondissements et communes d’Haiti
- Web site: Création de cinq nouvelles communes par décret présidentiel . Olivier, Louis-Joseph . Le Nouvelliste . 2 April 2016.
